Design isn't crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It's figuring out if there's a way to get rid of the button altogether.

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

The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.

It is not how much empty space there is, but rather how it is used. It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively it is arranged.

If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case. If a great designer did a first-rate standard, that model should be followed. Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

What is to be sought in designs for the display of information is the clear portrayal of complexity. Not the complication of the simple; rather the task of the designer is to give visual access to the subtle and the difficult - that is, revelation of the complex.