Edward Tufte
Educator
1942-03-14
Quotes by Edward Tufte
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We shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.
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We shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.
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The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws.
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The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
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A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences.
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I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.
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There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.
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Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual.
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