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Explore more quotes by Edward Tufte

"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 speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws."

"What gets left out is the narrative between the bullets, which would tell us who's going to do what and how we're going to achieve the generic goals on the list."

"The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art."

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

"I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader."
Exlpore more Goal quotes

"What is your big project in the New Year? You don't have one? No dream, no reality! Get a big dream for yourself now to get a big reality tomorrow!"

"First visualize your goal in your mind. Then have a leap of faith, and let your passion guide you throughout the process."

"The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally."

"But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl."
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