Portuguese artist Juliao Sarmento is renowed for using text to build up his paintings. This volume collects the series What Makes A Writer Great, produced in 2000-2001 as an ironic essay on the matter: I function almost as a writer, not in theMorePortuguese artist Juliao Sarmento is renowed for using text to build up his paintings. This volume collects the series What Makes A Writer Great, produced in 2000-2001 as an ironic essay on the matter: I function almost as a writer, not in the classic sense, but simply in the sense of writing with images.