Author: Edward Tufte

Quotes

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

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

- Edward Tufte

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

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

- Edward Tufte

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.

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.

- Edward Tufte

If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.

If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.

- Edward Tufte

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

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

- Edward 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.

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 Tufte

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

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

- Edward Tufte

The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art.

The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art.

- Edward Tufte

The point of the essay is to change things.

The point of the essay is to change things.

- Edward Tufte

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