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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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The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science the leading edge in beauty is in high art. – Edward Tufte

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Beauty
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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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Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not. – Carl Jung

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Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. – Dante Alighieri

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When I entered medical physics in 1958 there were fewer than 100 in the U.S. and I could see many opportunities to apply my knowledge of nuclear physics. – John Cameron

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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative. – William S. Burroughs

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We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine. – H. L. Mencken

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When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I wont miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the Eventocracy. All this flashy art-fair art and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event. – Jerry Saltz

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