"The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" Quotes

Above all else show the data.

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.

Graphics reveal data. Indeed, they can be more precise and revealing than conventional statistical computations.

Data graphics visually display measured quantities by means of the combined use of points, lines, a coordinate system, numbers, symbols, words, shading, and color.

To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.

The representation of numbers, as physically measured on the surface of the graphic itself, should be directly proportional to the numerical quantities represented.

The first and most important principle of analytical design: show the data.

The power of data graphics lies in their ability to present large amounts of complex data relationships with clarity.

Whenever statistical summary information is presented, additional evidence upon which the summary is based should be available.

Data graphics are not illustrations. They are instruments for reasoning about quantitative information.