The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm.
– Edward Tufte
The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science the leading edge in beauty is in high art.
– 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 commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
– Edward Tufte
If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.
– 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
Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.