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

“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.”

“Cosmetic decoration, which frequently distorts the data, will never salvage an underlying lack of content.”

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

“Comparisons must be enforced within the scope of the eyespan, a fundamental point occasionally forgotten in practice.”

“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.”

“PowerPoint is like being trapped in the style of early Egyptian flatland cartoons rather than using the more effective tools of Renaissance visual representation.”