Heard Quote by Bill Bryson

Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to.

— Max Fisher

They were maps that lived, maps that one could study, frown over, and add to; maps, in short, that really meant something.

— Gerald Durrell

The maps are really like a filter. They filter information for you to make better decisions on where you are going and what to…

— will.i.am

I have always loved maps.

— Ken Jennings

I've always been fascinated and stared at maps for hours as a kid. I've especially been most intrigued by the uninhabited or lonelier places…

— Andrew Bird

People make maps of all the places I've mentioned. I knew that those people were out there. I wanted to create something for them.

— Craig Finn

Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure…

— Alfred Korzybski

“Consulting maps can diminish the wanderlust that they awaken,as the act of looking at them can replace the act of travel. But looking at…

— Judith Schalansky

“Regular maps have few surprises: their contour lines reveal where the Andes are, and are reasonably clear. More precious, though, are the unpublished maps…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Maps are essential. Planning a journey without a map is like building a house without drawings.

— Mark Jenkins

“Whose maps are we trying to read? And what are we trying to draw? It's so common to live in a place without truly…

— Rebecca Solnit

Maps are a way of organizing wonder.

— Peter Steinhart