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A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity.
Edward Tufte
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Edward Tufte
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 14
Computer Scientist
Graphic Designer
Political Scientist
Sculptor
Statistician
University Teacher
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Kansas City
Missouri
Edward R. Tufte
Edward Rolfe Tufte
Edward Rolf Tufte
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More quotes by Edward Tufte
Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.
Edward Tufte
I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.
Edward Tufte
Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space.
Edward Tufte
What gets left out is the narrative between the bullets, which would tell us who's going to do what and how we're going to achieve the generic goals on the list.
Edward Tufte
There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'.
Edward Tufte
If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.
Edward Tufte
Great design is not democratic it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.
Edward Tufte
The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime
Edward Tufte
The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
Edward Tufte
The idea of trying to create things that last-forever knowledge-has guided my work for a long time now.
Edward Tufte
The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris.
Edward Tufte
Simple design, intense content.
Edward Tufte
Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.
Edward Tufte
I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks.
Edward Tufte
The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensiona l the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent the rich visual world of experience and measurement on mere flatland?
Edward Tufte
Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and editing of prose.
Edward Tufte
Design cannot rescue failed content.
Edward Tufte
There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design.
Edward Tufte
The best graphics are about the useful and important, about life and death, about the universe. Beautiful graphics do not traffic with the trivial.
Edward Tufte
It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.
Edward Tufte
