Edward R. Tufte Quotes.

1. "Design cannot rescue failed content."
- Quote by Edward R. Tufte

2. "If the statistics are boring, then you've got the wrong numbers."
- Quote by Edward R. Tufte

3. "Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information."
- Quote by Edward R. Tufte

4. "It is not how much empty space there is, but rather how it is used. It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively it is arranged."
- Quote by Edward R. Tufte

5. "Comparisons must be enforced within the scope of the eyespan, a fundamental point occasionally forgotten in practice."
- Quote by Edward R. Tufte

6. "To clarify, *add* data."
- Quote by Edward R. Tufte

7. "Cosmetic decoration, which frequently distorts the data, will never salvage an underlying lack of content."
- Quote by Edward R. Tufte

8. "Small, noncomparative, highly labeled data sets usually belong in tables."
- Quote by Edward R. Tufte

9. "I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world . . . plant a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera."
- Edward R. Tufte, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

10. "PowerPoint is like being trapped in the style of early Egyptian flatland cartoons rather than using the more effective tools of Renaissance visual representation."
- Edward R. Tufte, Beautiful Evidence