Edward Tufte – 7 Quotes

7 Quotes by Edward Tufte

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.

– Edward Tufte

If you like overheads, you’ll love PowerPoint.

– Edward Tufte

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

– Edward Tufte

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

The idea of trying to create things that last – forever knowledge – has guided my work for a long time now.

– Edward Tufte

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

– Edward Tufte