Quote by Edward Tufte
The idea of trying to create things that last - forever knowledge

The idea of trying to create things that last – forever knowledge – has guided my work for a long time now. – Edward Tufte

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I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound – indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks. – Edward Tufte

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design
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The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly – to develop strategies of seeing and showing. – Edward Tufte

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Art
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The medieval university looked backwards it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge. – Thomas Huxley

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Ardor, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge. – Ambrose Bierce

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Knowledge

I not only wanted to showcase lyrical skills but also continue to drop knowledge on the hiphop community. Im looking to elevate through my music, and through my music I educate. – Talib Kweli

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Shakespeare also introduces the supernatural into some of his tragedies he introduces ghosts, and witches who have supernatural knowledge. – Andrew Coyle Bradley

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Commerce, n. A kind of transaction in which A plunders from B the goods of C, and for compensation B picks the pocket of D of money belonging to E. – Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic’s World Book, 1906

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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. – Voltaire

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My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand. – Thích Nhất Hạnh

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Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies. – Andrew Bird

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