Quote by Alberto Cairo

I look for ambiguous messages to illustrate...I like some detail but not too much detail.

— Sophie Blackall

[Graphics] is a strict and simple system of signs, which anyone can learn to use and which leads to better understanding.

— Jacques Bertin

“Making the pictures ridiculous is what enables you to really see them; a logical picture is usually too vague.”

— Harry Lorayne

“When we see new ways of displaying data, we should be careful not to confuse presentation with substance”

— David Sumpter

“Any problem can be made clearer with a picture, and any picture can be created using the same set of tools and rules.”

— Dan Roam

“A message denotes a specific, concrete statement about the world. But the forms of our media, including the symbols through which they permit conversation,…

— Neil Postman

The challenge is for the graphic designer to turn data into information and information into messages of meaning.

— Katherine McCoy

“Enormous simplifications were possibly necessary to carry a deeper truth than lay on the surface of a mass of unsorted detail.”

— Anthony Powell

“Always apply what you visualize”

— Naser Bawazeer

One must confront vague ideas with clear images,

— Jean-Luc Godard

“Visual journals are created in a secret language of symbols. Intentional or not, they are private maps only their makers can follow.”

— Jennifer New

“In the field of technology, simplification is always an enormous advance...”

— Pierre Boulle