Edward Tufte

I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.

There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.

My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.

That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space/time point.

The point of the essay is to change things.

What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.

A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences.

The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm.

I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.

The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now.