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

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

  • If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.

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

  • 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.