If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.
A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity.
Above all else show the data.
An open mind but not an empty head.
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.
Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and editing of prose.