An approximate answer to the right question is worth far more than a precise answer to the wrong one.

Consistent with this view, we believe, is a clear demand that pictures based on exploration of data should force their messages upon us.

In rating ease of description as very important, we are essentially asserting a belief in quantitative knowledge-a belief that most of the key questions in our world sooner or later demand answers to ‘by how...

The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.