Edward Tufte
Edward Rolf Tufte (born 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri to Virginia and Edward E. Tufte), a professor emeritus of statistics, graphic design, and political economy at Yale University has been described by The New York Times as "the Leonardo da Vinci of Data". He is an expert in the presentation of informational graphics such as charts and diagrams, and is a fellow of the American Statistical Association. Tufte has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences.
Tufte currently resides in Cheshire, Connecticut. He periodically travels around the United States to offer one-day workshops on data presentation and information graphics.
Note: Some books by this author have been published under the name Edward Tufte.
“Comparisons must be enforced within the scope of the eyespan, a fundamental point occasionally forgotten in practice.”
“Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.”
“Cosmetic decoration, which frequently distorts the data, will never salvage an underlying lack of content.”
“If the statistics are boring, then you've got the wrong numbers.”
“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.”