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What gets left out is the narrative between the bullets, which would tell us who's going to do what and how we're going to achieve the generic goals on the list.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Achieve Between Bullets Generic Gets Goals Going How Left List Narrative Out Tell Us Which Would

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I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Accord Believe Cognitive Deep Design Indeed Order Our Profound Some Tasks Them Those Understand Universal Worthwhile

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The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Cognitive Laws Nature Part Particular Speculative Tasks Thinking Tied Ways Work

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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.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Certain Cognitive Culture Gender Here Idea Indifferent Information Language Laws Mode Nature Particular Principles Provided Tasks Tied

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The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge - has guided my work for a long time now.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Create Forever Guided Idea Knowledge Last Long Long Time Now Things Time Trying Work

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My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Director Engineer Father Governments His Life Public Worked Works

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I am certainly not an intellectual relativist, nor a moral relativist.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Am Certainly Intellectual Moral Nor I Am

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I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things that are closer approximations to the truth than others.

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Am Certainly Closer Generous Hope Intellectual Others Side Some Some Things Than Things Think Tolerant Truth Truths I Think I Am I Hope That

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

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Changes Discussions Each Each Year Graphics Make Part Public Published Takes Year

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

~Edward Tufte

Topics: Become Celebrity Consequence Curious Minor

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: March 14th, 1942

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