Quotes from Edward Tufte

Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.

There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design.

A metaphor for good information design is a map. Hold any diagram against a map and see how it compares.

The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensiona l; the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent the rich visual world of experience and measurement on mere flatland?

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

Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design.

Clutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design...fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out of the map.

The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime