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Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.
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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There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design.
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Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year.
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Great design is not democratic it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.
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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.
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It is not how much empty space there is, but rather how it is used. It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively it is arranged.
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I am certainly not an intellectual relativist, nor a moral relativist.
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The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
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There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.
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I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.
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Design cannot rescue failed content.
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If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.
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If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.
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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.
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Good design is clear thinking made visible, bad design is stupidity made visible
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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.
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It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.
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We've drifted into this presentation mode without realizing the cost to the content and the audience in the process.
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The best graphics are about the useful and important, about life and death, about the universe. Beautiful graphics do not traffic with the trivial.
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