A metaphor for good information design is a map. Hold any diagram against a map and see how it compares.

Confusion and clutter are failures of design, not attributes of information. And so the point is to find design strategies that reveal detail and complexity - rather than to fault the data for an excess of complication. Or, worse, to fault viewers for a lack of understanding.

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

The best graphics are about the useful and important, about life and death, about the universe. Beautiful graphics do not traffic with the trivial.

Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year.

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

The most common user action on a Web site is to flee.