Clutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design...fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out of the map.

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

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

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.

Design isn't crafting a beautiful, textured button with breathtaking animation. It's figuring out if there's a way to get rid of the button altogether.

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.

Good design is a lot like clear thinking made visual.

Design cannot rescue failed content.

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

The world is complex, dynamic, multidimensiona l; the paper is static, flat. How are we to represent the rich visual world of experience and measurement on mere flatland?

emotionless tone hurting as much as the news

I'm playing with fire, with something I don't understand.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows: for details are swallowed up in principles.

He who talks much cannot always talk well. [It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]

I must go home periodically to renew my sense of horror.

We are the buffoons of our children.

The perception is that more important people watch news in the evenings than in the mornings.

The seminary programs will help you as a young man or woman to lay a foundation for happiness and success in life.

We share half our genes with the banana. [After the announcement Jun 2000 that a working draft of the genetic sequence of humans had been completed by the Human Genome Project.]