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Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "Automation and technology don't cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them."

Automation and technology don't cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive."

If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.




Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "It's not plagiarism in the digital age -- it's repurposing."

It's not plagiarism in the digital age -- it's repurposing.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "You can't show me a sentence, word, or phoneme that is meaningless; by its nature, language is packed with meaning and emotion."

You can't show me a sentence, word, or phoneme that is meaningless; by its nature, language is packed with meaning and emotion.




Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "Conceptual writing is looking for that "Aha!" moment, when something so simple, right under our noses, is revealed as being awe- inspiring, profound, and transcendent."

Conceptual writing is looking for that "Aha!" moment, when something so simple, right under our noses, is revealed as being awe- inspiring, profound, and transcendent.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories."

Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are."

I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are.




Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "I've been trolled lots on Twitter. But I understand trolls for what they are and I don't let them get to me. They take my bait, so I'm in charge of the discourse."

I've been trolled lots on Twitter. But I understand trolls for what they are and I don't let them get to me. They take my bait, so I'm in charge of the discourse.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing."

I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "Favoriting tweets has become a form of acknowledging that you've read what someone else has written."

Favoriting tweets has become a form of acknowledging that you've read what someone else has written.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "Art used to make me see the world differently, think about things in a new way - it rarely does that for me anymore, but technology does that for me on a daily basis."

Art used to make me see the world differently, think about things in a new way - it rarely does that for me anymore, but technology does that for me on a daily basis.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "I've been trolled lots. But I understand trolls for what they are and I don't let them get to me. They take my bait, so I'm in charge of the discourse."

I've been trolled lots. But I understand trolls for what they are and I don't let them get to me. They take my bait, so I'm in charge of the discourse.




Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "Poets think in short lines. Unless you're Samuel Beckett, Twitter might be more difficult for novelists."

Poets think in short lines. Unless you're Samuel Beckett, Twitter might be more difficult for novelists.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "I don't have a readership, I have a thinkership. I guess this is why what I do is called "conceptual writing." The idea is much more important than the product."

I don't have a readership, I have a thinkership. I guess this is why what I do is called "conceptual writing." The idea is much more important than the product.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "I think it's time to admit that our writing is guided by the technology we use as much as it is by our own subjectivity."

I think it's time to admit that our writing is guided by the technology we use as much as it is by our own subjectivity.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "How fortunate we are to exist in the moneyless economy of poetry! When you take money out of the equation, anything goes and nobody cares. It's truly free."

How fortunate we are to exist in the moneyless economy of poetry! When you take money out of the equation, anything goes and nobody cares. It's truly free.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "For me, Twitter is a public persona. I don't interact. It's a lousy form for conversation and opinion, but a wonderful propaganda and sloganeering tool. I use it as a one-way street."

For me, Twitter is a public persona. I don't interact. It's a lousy form for conversation and opinion, but a wonderful propaganda and sloganeering tool. I use it as a one-way street.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "It's Twitter's combination of simplicity and complexity that is astonishing in the same way that minimalist sculpture was inspiring and enlightening."

It's Twitter's combination of simplicity and complexity that is astonishing in the same way that minimalist sculpture was inspiring and enlightening.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "Twitter is not art. But it inspires me in the way that art used to inspire me."

Twitter is not art. But it inspires me in the way that art used to inspire me.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "I don't think that the world will ever become an unpoliced place, sadly. But I do feel that there is relative freedom on the margins."

I don't think that the world will ever become an unpoliced place, sadly. But I do feel that there is relative freedom on the margins.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "I think that the special thing about radio is the off switch. If something's not pleasing you, turn it off."

I think that the special thing about radio is the off switch. If something's not pleasing you, turn it off.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "Most artists want first and foremost to be loved, secondly to make history, and money is a distant third or fourth."

Most artists want first and foremost to be loved, secondly to make history, and money is a distant third or fourth.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "It's hard to be understood when addressing many people at once. How can you ever know if you're being understood? So, I've just started being intelligently provocative. And people take the bait."

It's hard to be understood when addressing many people at once. How can you ever know if you're being understood? So, I've just started being intelligently provocative. And people take the bait.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "What I'm doing in writing has been thoroughly and exhaustively explored in other fields like visual art, music, and cinema, yet somehow it's never really been tested on the page."

What I'm doing in writing has been thoroughly and exhaustively explored in other fields like visual art, music, and cinema, yet somehow it's never really been tested on the page.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to dip in and out of, to hold, to have on your shelf."

My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to dip in and out of, to hold, to have on your shelf.



Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes: "You may not want to hear that or think of it as writing, but I’m telling you that the moving of information is a literary act in and of itself. Even when people aren’t reading it."

You may not want to hear that or think of it as writing, but I’m telling you that the moving of information is a literary act in and of itself. Even when people aren’t reading it.