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

If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.

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

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

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.

I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world...plant a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera.

Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.