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The point of the essay is to change things.
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
Writer
Kansas City
Missouri
Edward R. Tufte
Edward Rolfe Tufte
Edward Rolf Tufte
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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 idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris.
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
The idea of trying to create things that last-forever knowledge-has guided my work for a long time now.
Edward Tufte
There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'.
Edward Tufte
The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
Edward Tufte
I am certainly not an intellectual relativist, nor a moral relativist.
Edward Tufte
We've drifted into this presentation mode without realizing the cost to the content and the audience in the process.
Edward Tufte
A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity.
Edward Tufte
In general, I think audiences are a lot smarter than people think. So, it's not know your audience, it's respect your audience, and really know your content.
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
If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.
Edward Tufte
Simple design, intense content.
Edward Tufte
If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.
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
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
The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime
Edward Tufte
The world is generally multivariate
Edward Tufte
Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.
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
