Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space.
The point of the essay is to change things.
The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.
Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual.
Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.
Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design.