The best graphics are about the useful and important, about life and death, about the universe. Beautiful graphics do not traffic with the trivial.
Edward TufteThe minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm.
Edward TufteDesign 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.
Edward TufteThe idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris.
Edward Tufte