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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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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.
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If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.
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Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.
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Design cannot rescue failed content.
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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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There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.
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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.
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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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The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris.
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The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime
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If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.
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The world is generally multivariate
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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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It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.
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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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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 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?
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The world is much more interesting than any one discipline.
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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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Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.
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