Confusion and clutter are failures of design, not attributes of information. And so the point is to find design strategies that reveal detail and com….

Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective..

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

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

Simple design, intense content..

There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design..

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

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

Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual..

In general, I think audiences are a lot smarter than people think. So, it's not "know your audience", it's "respect your audience, and really know yo….

If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers..

The essential test of design is how well it assists the understanding of the content, not how stylish it is..

Above all else show the data..

The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensiona l; the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent the rich visual world of experience and me….

Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design..

What is to be sought in designs for the display of information is the clear portrayal of complexity. Not the complication of the simple; rather the t….

An open mind but not an empty head..

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..

There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'..

Only drug dealers and software companies call their customers 'users'.

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 arrange….