Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. John Tukey Read Quote
The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see. John Tukey Read Quote
An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem. John Tukey Read Quote
An approximate answer to the right question is worth far more than a precise answer to the wrong one. John Tukey Read Quote
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 much?’ rather than merely to ‘in which direction?’ John Tukey Read Quote
Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values. John Tukey Read Quote
