Top 12 Edward R. Tufte Quotes
#2. Cosmetic decoration, which frequently distorts the data, will never salvage an underlying lack of content.
Edward R. Tufte
#3. Small, noncomparative, highly labeled data sets usually belong in tables.
Edward R. Tufte
#4. PowerPoint is like being trapped in the style of early Egyptian flatland cartoons rather than using the more effective tools of Renaissance visual representation.
Edward R. Tufte
#6. It is not how much empty space there is, but rather how it is used. It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively it is arranged.
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#7. If the statistics are boring, then you've got the wrong numbers.
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#8. Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and editing of prose.
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#9. Comparisons must be enforced within the scope of the eyespan, a fundamental point occasionally forgotten in practice.
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#10. Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space.
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#11. 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 a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera.
Edward R. Tufte
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