“Design cannot rescue failed content.”
― Edward R. Tufte
“Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space.”
― Edward R. Tufte
“Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.”
― Edward R. Tufte
“PowerPoint is like being trapped in the style of early Egyptian flatland cartoons rather than using the more effective tools of Renaissance visual representation.”
― Edward R. Tufte
“It is not how much empty space there is, but rather how it is used. It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively it is arranged.”
― Edward R. Tufte
“Comparisons must be enforced within the scope of the eyespan, a fundamental point occasionally forgotten in practice.”
― Edward R. Tufte
“I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world . . . plant a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera.”
― Edward R. Tufte
"Only drug dealers and software companies call their customers 'users'"
― Edward R. Tufte
"Good design is clear thinking made visible, bad design is stupidity made visible"
― Edward R. Tufte
"Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design."
― Edward R. Tufte
"The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensional;
the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent
the rich visual world of experience and
measurement on mere flatland?"
― Edward R. Tufte
"If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won't make them relevant."
― Edward R. Tufte
"The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris."
― Edward R. Tufte
"An open mind but not an empty head."
― Edward R. Tufte
"There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design."
― Edward R. Tufte
"Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure."
― Edward R. Tufte
"PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple."
― Edward R. Tufte