"I think everyone is struggling somewhat with presentation. The Internet is generally well designed, if you look at the most popular websites, so we expect our visuals to be at that level of quality. When you sit in a presentation and you're looking at nonsensical pie charts and the like, your audience does disengage. People across a range of industries, not just science, are struggling with their communication because their output doesn't compete with what people see on a day-to-day basis."

-- David Mccandless

#Struggle Quotes #Communication Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It is clear before God and man that the entire war on HIV and AIDS has not been waged with any degree of piety, responsibility and care.”
“I can love the whole world except my neighbor.”
“I don't wait for moods - you'd never get anything done if you did.”
“I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.”

Source : "Taryn Simon's Visual Babel". Interview with Lauren Cornell, www.newyorker.com. August 2, 2012.
“I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.”
“Pears cannot ripen alone. So we ripened together.”

Source : Meridel Le Sueur, Elaine Hedges (1990). “Ripening: Selected Work”, p.290, Feminist Press at CUNY
“It makes my skin crawl to think about the violent ways snakes, lizards, alligators and other exotic creatures are raised and killed for boots, bags and belts.”

Source : "Kelly Brook fashion verdict: Model bares skin to support Peta - but is floaty dress better?". www.mirror.co.uk. September 15, 2011.
“I don't think people should do anything to be popular. But maybe within reason they can step out of their comfort zones and do things to be more 'accessible'. Like taking drugs or drinking heavily to be cool.”

Source : "‘Transparent’ star Gaby Hoffmann on nudity, child acting, and what scares her". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. September 22, 2016.

You may also like:

Aaron Koblin
Visual Artist
Edward Tufte
Statistician
Hans Rosling
Professor
Paola Antonelli
Author