Creativity Quote by Edward Tufte

“The idea of trying to create things that last-forever knowledge-has guided my work for a long time now.”

Edward Tufte

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If you’re told what to look for, you can’t see anything else.

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“Comparisons must be enforced within the scope of the eyespan, a fundamental point occasionally forgotten in practice.”

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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…

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The point of the essay is to change things.

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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,…

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My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to…

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Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.

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Confusion and clutter are failures of design, not attributes of information. And so the point is to find design strategies that reveal detail and…

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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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If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won't make them relevant.

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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…

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“If the statistics are boring, then you've got the wrong numbers.”

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The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does…

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That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

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“The Soviet “creative intelligentsia” - that is, people accustomed to thinking one thing, saying another and doing a third - is as a whole…

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It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.

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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

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You don't get lucky. You create lucky.

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By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological…

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“You are the end of beauty and creativity one must have created so far.”

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Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we’ve got. What a pleasure it is to follow his investigation of…

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If you've got creativity, imagination, and intelligence, and you want to be hypnotised, then there's no reason you shouldn't be able to.

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“I believe in magic. As a writer, I create them on blank paper.”

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Creativity is like chasing chickens.

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