Best Edward Tufte Quotes
- A metaphor for good information design is a map. Hold any diagram against a map and see how it compares. Any
- The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm. Any
- PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple. Loud
- If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won't make them relevant. Color
- Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard. Another Standard
- The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris. Administrative
- Here's the general theory: To clarify, add detail. Imagine that. To clarify, add detail. And clutter and overload are not an attribute of information, they… Add
- The world is much more interesting than any one discipline. Any
- The most common user action on a Web site is to flee. Action
- I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world...plant… Book
- The best graphics are about the useful and important, about life and death, about the universe. Beautiful graphics do not traffic with the trivial. Beautiful
- Good design is clear thinking made visible, bad design is stupidity made visible Bad
- The point of the essay is to change things. Change
- Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective. All
- If you’re told what to look for, you can’t see anything else. Anything Else
- Clutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design...fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out of the map. All
- The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art. Art
- The idea of trying to create things that last-forever knowledge-has guided my work for a long time now. Create
- The essential test of design is how well it assists the understanding of the content, not how stylish it is. Assists
- The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws. Analytically
- That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space, time point. Causal
- What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation. Abbreviate
- If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case.… Another Standard
- I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile… Accord
- Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year. Changes