Author: Edward Tufte

Quotes

The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm.

The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm.

- 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

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 point of the essay is to change things.

The point of the essay is to change things.

- 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

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

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

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

- 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

Similar Authors: