Edward R. Tufte quotes

The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm. (Edward R. Tufte)

What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.

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There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.

Edward R. Tufte

The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.

Edward R. Tufte

I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.

Edward R. Tufte

Above all else show the data.

Edward R. Tufte

Design cannot rescue failed content.

Edward R. Tufte

A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences.

Edward R. Tufte

The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws.

Edward R. Tufte

Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.

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The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art. (Edward R. Tufte)

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.

Edward R. Tufte

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 language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.

Edward R. Tufte

If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.

Edward R. Tufte

The point of the essay is to change things.

Edward R. Tufte

Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year.

Edward R. Tufte

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

Edward R. Tufte

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

Edward R. Tufte

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

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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/time point.

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The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime. (Edward R. Tufte)

What gets left out is the narrative between the bullets, which would tell us who's going to do what and how we're going to achieve the generic goals on the list.

Edward R. Tufte

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.

Edward R. Tufte

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.

Edward R. Tufte

I am certainly not an intellectual relativist, nor a moral relativist.

Edward R. Tufte

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Edward R. Tufte

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Occupation: American Educator
Born: March 14, 1942
Quotes count: 28

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