Top 68 Quotes & Sayings by Edward Tufte - Page 2

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. If a great designer did a first-rate standard, that model should be followed. Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

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

We've drifted into this presentation mode without realizing the cost to the content and the audience in the process.

The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime

A metaphor for good information design is a map. Hold any diagram against a map and see how it compares.

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.

Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure.

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.