"The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing."
-Edward Tufte
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"The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm.“
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"The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now."
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"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."
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"Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design."
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"If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint."
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"The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science the leading edge in beauty is in high art."
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