A practical part of my teaching is to pr... | Edward Tufte

Teaching

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

- Edward Tufte

Quote of the Day

To do or not to do... that is the question.

- Jeff Rich

Other quotes by Edward Tufte

Celebrity

A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity.

- Edward Tufte

Teaching

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

- Edward Tufte

Practice Design

Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.

- Edward Tufte

Love

If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.

- Edward Tufte

Nature

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.

- Edward Tufte

Design

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

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