Map Quotes

“Information”

“Visualization”

“The map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named.”

“map”

“Wikipedia: Map”

“Let's not pretend that mental phenomena can be mapped on to the characteristics of billiard balls.”

“There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation.”

“Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.”

“There are few results of man‟s activities that so closely parallel man's interests and intellectual capabilities as the map.”

“A map is not the territory. - Alfred Korzybski”

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world.”

“As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.”

“Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.”

“If we then make the obvious assumption that the content of a map is appropriate to its purpose, there yet remains the equally significant evaluation of the visual methods employed to convey that content.”

“A face is a road map of someone's life. Without any need to amplify that or draw attention to it, there's a great deal that's communicated about who this person is and what their life experiences have been.”

“The map is not the territory … The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.”

““It does not appear to be too difficult,” Alain agreed. “But I remember being cautioned that maps carry their own illusions, often making appear simple a journey which is actually far more difficult in practice.””

“Believable fairy-stories must be intensely practical. You must have a map, no matter how rough. Otherwise you wander all over the place. In The Lord of the Rings I never made anyone go farther than he could on a given day”

“The fact that map is a fuzzy and radial, rather than a precisely defined, category is important because what a viewer interprets a display to be will influence her expectations about the display and how she interacts with it.”

“This seems highly likely, especially as it has been shown that in several systems mutations affecting the same amino acid are extremely near together on the genetic map.”