Edward Tufte
Edward Tufte
Edward Rolf Tufteis an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth14 March 1942
CountryUnited States of America
Edward Tufte quotes about
beautiful life-and-death important
The best graphics are about the useful and important, about life and death, about the universe. Beautiful graphics do not traffic with the trivial.
beautiful writing thinking
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.
beautiful practice design
Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.
beautiful design buttons
Design isn't crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It's figuring out if there's a way to get rid of the button altogether.
beautiful concern evidence finding follows growing quality
Beautiful Evidence follows a growing concern in my work: assessing the quality of evidence and of finding out the truth.
analytical beauty commercial design far graphic move practices quality
In emphasizing evidential quality and beauty, I also want to move the practices of analytical design far away from the practices of propaganda, marketing, graphic design, and commercial art.
along enjoy greatly princeton professor teaching
Along with thirty-two years of being a professor at Princeton and Yale, I also greatly enjoy teaching out on the road.
argument cognitive design key tasks turned
The key argument is that cognitive tasks should be turned into design principles.
boredom audience decoration
Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure.
art information common
Science and art have in common intense seeing, the wide-eyed observing that generates empirical information.
simplicity subtle distinction
Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective.
practice design firsts
If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case. If a great designer did a first-rate standard, that model should be followed. Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.
design information clutter
Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design.
school simple play
PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple.