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# Edward Tufte

(1942)   Statistician

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Edward Tufte is a statistician, best known for *The Visual Display of Quantitative Information*.

## Quick Facts About Edward Tufte

Born March 14, 1942

Profession Statistician

Notable works The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

## About Edward Tufte

Edward Rolf Tufte, sometimes known as "ET", is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization.

##  Quotes by Edward Tufte · Page 2

> [The idea of trying to create things that last-forever knowledge-has guided my work for a long time now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/the-idea-of-trying-to-create-things-that-last-forever-knowledge-has/)

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> [Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/great-design-is-not-democratic-it-comes-from-great-designers-if-the/)

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> [Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/beautiful-evidence-is-about-the-theory-and-practice-of-analytical/)

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> [The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/the-goal-is-to-provide-analytical-tools-that-will-last-students-a/)

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> [The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/the-leading-edge-in-evidence-presentation-is-in-science-the-leading/)

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> [Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/clutter-and-confusion-are-failures-of-design-not-attributes-of/)

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> [Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/clutter-is-not-a-property-of-information-clutter-is-a-failure-of/)

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> [It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/it-is-straightforward-for-me-to-be-ethical-responsible-and-kind/)

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> [That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/that-is-to-say-nature-s-laws-are-causal-they-reveal-themselves-by/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/the-world-is-complex-dynamic-multidimensiona-l-the-paper-is-static/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/it-is-not-how-much-empty-space-there-is-but-rather-how-it-is-used-it/)

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> [Clutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design...fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/clutter-is-not-an-attribute-of-information-clutter-is-a-failure-of/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/i-do-believe-that-there-are-some-universal-cognitive-tasks-that-are/)

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> [Design isn't crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It's figuring out if there's a way to get rid of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/design-isn-t-crafting-a-beautiful-textured-button-with-breathtaking/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/there-is-no-such-thing-as-information-overload-just-bad-design-if/)

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> [If your words aren't truthful, the finest optically letter-spaced typography won't help,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/if-your-words-aren-t-truthful-the-finest-optically-letter-spaced/)

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> [Science and art have in common intense seeing, the wide-eyed observing that generates empirical information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/science-and-art-have-in-common-intense-seeing-the-wide-eyed-observing/)

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> [There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/there-are-many-true-statements-about-complex-topics-that-are-too-long/)

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> [A metaphor for good information design is a map. Hold any diagram against a map and see how it compares.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/a-metaphor-for-good-information-design-is-a-map-hold-any-diagram/)

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> [Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/make-all-visual-distinctions-as-subtle-as-possible-but-still-clear/)

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> [Only drug dealers and software companies call their customers 'users'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/only-drug-dealers-and-software-companies-call-their-customers-users/)

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> [I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/i-think-it-is-important-for-software-to-avoiding-imposing-a-cognitive/)

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> [I am certainly not an intellectual relativist, nor a moral relativist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/i-am-certainly-not-an-intellectual-relativist-nor-a-moral-relativist/)

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> [The essential test of design is how well it assists the understanding of the content, not how stylish it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-tufte/the-essential-test-of-design-is-how-well-it-assists-the-understanding/)

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