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

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

What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.

Above all else show the data.

If you’re told what to look for, you can’t see anything else.

PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple.