Add Quote by Gerald Durrell

“A map was a fine thing to study when you were disposed to think of something else, being made up of names that would…

— George Eliot

What is it about maps? I could look at them all day, earnestly studying the names of towns and villages I have never heard…

— Bill Bryson

The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is a map but a way of emphasizing some things and making other…

— Jeff VanderMeer

“Maps? There are no maps. I go by dark ways, unclean ways. If such a map existed, it would be beyond price. Nameless cults…

— Ursula Vernon

The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.

— Jose Saramago

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

A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did…

— Reif Larsen

Maps are a way of organizing wonder.

— Peter Steinhart

A map is the dead body of where you've been. A map is the unborn baby of where you're going. There are no maps.…

— Russell Hoban

There are those who follow maps, and those who make them.

— Alberto Villoldo

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 believe in such cartography – to be marked by nature, not just label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men…

— Michael Ondaatje