Please explain this theorem with picture

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I logically understand this theorem, but I don't intuitively understand with picture.

Let $S$ be a nonempty convex open set in $\mathbb R^n$ and let $f\colon S\to\mathbb R$ be differentiable on $S$. Then $f$ is convex if and only if for each $x_1,x_2\in S$ we have $$[\nabla f(x_2)-\nabla f(x_1)]^t(x_2-x_1)\ge 0. $$ Similarly, $f$ is strictly convex if and only if for each distinct $x_1,x_2\in S$ we have $$[\nabla f(x_2)-\nabla f(x_1)]^t(x_2-x_1)> 0. $$

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It's telling you that the gradient spreads out in all directions so that the more you move in one direction, the more the gradient points in that same direction. Let's see if this shows