Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.

An open mind but not an empty head.

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

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

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

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.

Good design is clear thinking made visible, bad design is stupidity made visible