8 quotes by Edward Tufte

“There are are only two industries that call their customers "users" :
illegal drugs and software.” — Edward Tufte

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“The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science the leading edge in beauty is in high art.” — Edward Tufte

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“If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.” — Edward Tufte

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“Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.” — Edward Tufte

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“The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.” — Edward Tufte

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“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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“The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm.” — Edward Tufte

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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 it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks.” — Edward Tufte

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