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Until such time as logic and objective research concerning the relative efficiency of the various possibilities is undertaken, the cartographer can but rely on the experience and direction of the artist.

— Arthur H. Robinson The Look of Maps (1952)

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

Robinson (1965)

Most scientific cartography is concerned with the dissemination of spatial knowledge.

The Look of Maps (1952)

Maps enable man to rise, so to speak, above his immediate range of vision, and contemplate the salient features of larger areas.

Elements of Cartography (1953)

Today most maps are printed by lithography.

Elements of Cartography (1953)

I decided there ought to be another way of balancing out the various distortions without doing it mathematically.

Robinson (1990)

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