"A metaphor for good information design is a map. Hold any diagram against a map and see how it compares."

-- Edward Tufte

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“Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.”
“If you hate your parents, the man or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents, out-learn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.”
“part of the problem with a war on poverty today is that many Americans have decided that being poor is a character defect, not an economic condition.”
“It's important in our talks with Abbas to hear how women are represented in peace negotiations, how Palestine views the position of women and how resources are distributed.”
“Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.”
“Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.”
“We were never designed to receive glory. We were designed to give glory.”
“The idea of the record is that it's a statement for working with a group, of a collaborative work. That should be visible in the music.”

Source : "Pantha du Prince’s Bell Hooks". Interview with Nathan Reese, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 15, 2013.

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