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

A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity.

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.

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

My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided.

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

PowerPoint is like being trapped in the style of early Egyptian flatland cartoons rather than using the more effective tools of Renaissance visual representation.