Abbreviation is a deeply sinister act, degrading the things whose names are abbreviated.

Abbreviation is an inordinately long word in light of its meaning.

Abbreviation is, ironically enough, a rather long word.

The Abbreviation is the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury.

Imitation is the basis of all training.

Imitation is the most perfect originality.

Imitation is the flattest form of sincerity.

Imitation is also at work when one does just the opposite.

A Map men can read better than women, because only the male mind could conceive of one inch equalling 100 miles.

The Map is called upon to enable a situational representation on the part of the individual subject to that vaster and properly unrepresentable totality which is the ensemble of the city's structure as a whole.

The Map is a way of flattening, transforming elements into connections that they otherwise do not have in order that some event might be 'handled'.

The Map is a special kind of city portrait, usually of practical intent. They are made to assist the 'man in the street' (or 'on the plot') to find position, property and place.