“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“What about confusing clutter? Information overload? Doesn't data have to be "boiled down" and "simplified"? These common questions miss the point, for the quantity of detail is an issue completely separate from the difficulty of reading. Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.”