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Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes

It’s not plagiarism in the digital age -- it’s repurposing Picture Quote #1

I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are Picture Quote #1

Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

All of our media is made of language: our films, our music, our images, and of course our words. How different this is from analog production, where, if you were somehow able to peel back the emulsion from, say, a photograph, you wouldn’t find a speck of language lurking below the surface Picture Quote #1

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New York City is just one node on the global cultural scene. Social media reflects the state of the world, so I’ve become more devoted to that. To be a NYC artist feels local and small. Social media feels now Picture Quote #1

For me, Twitter is a public persona. It’s UbuWeb or Kenneth Goldsmith (as opposed to Kenny Goldsmith). I don’t interact. It’s a lousy form for conversation and opinion (what can you really say in 140 characters?), but a wonderful propaganda and sloganeering tool. I use it as a one-way street Picture Quote #1

Automation and technology don’t cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Most artists want first and foremost to be loved, secondly to make history, and money is a distant third or fourth Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I think that the special thing about radio is the off switch. If something’s not pleasing you, turn it off Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories Picture Quote #1

You can’t show me a sentence, word, or phoneme that is meaningless; by its nature, language is packed with meaning and emotion Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The best thing about conceptual poetry is that it doesn’t need to be read. You don’t have to read it. As a matter of fact, you can write books, and you don’t even have to read them. My books, for example, are unreadable. All you need to know is the concept behind them. Here’s every word I spoke for a week. Here’s a year’s worth of weather reports... and without ever having to read these things, you understand them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I often don’t endorse what I tweet, rather I want to throw things about to spark conversation or controversy. What I think about something is not particularly important when talking to thousands of unknown strangers Picture Quote #1

Favoriting tweets has become a form of acknowledging that you’ve read what someone else has written Picture Quote #1

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Twitter is not art. But it inspires me in the way that art used to inspire me Picture Quote #1

An updated notion of genius would have to center around one’s mastery of information and its dissemination Picture Quote #1

If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive Picture Quote #1

And I think this is the real epiphany: the ways in which culture is distributed become profoundly more intriguing as a cultural artifact itself. What we’ve experienced is an inversion of consumption, one in which we’ve come to prefer the acts of acquisition over that which we are acquiring, the bottles over the wine Picture Quote #1

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It’s not plagiarism in the digital age -- it’s repurposing (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories. (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. (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. (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) All of our media is made of language: our films, our music, our images, and of course our words. How different this is from analog production, where, if you were somehow able to peel back the emulsion from, say, a photograph, you wouldn’t find a speck of language lurking below the surface (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) New York City is just one node on the global cultural scene. Social media reflects the state of the world, so I’ve become more devoted to that. To be a NYC artist feels local and small. Social media feels now (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) For me, Twitter is a public persona. It’s UbuWeb or Kenneth Goldsmith (as opposed to Kenny Goldsmith). I don’t interact. It’s a lousy form for conversation and opinion (what can you really say in 140 characters?), but a wonderful propaganda and sloganeering tool. I use it as a one-way street (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) Automation and technology don’t cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them (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 (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) Most artists want first and foremost to be loved, secondly to make history, and money is a distant third or fourth (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 (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) I think that the special thing about radio is the off switch. If something’s not pleasing you, turn it off (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 (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories (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 (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 (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 (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) The best thing about conceptual poetry is that it doesn’t need to be read. You don’t have to read it. As a matter of fact, you can write books, and you don’t even have to read them. My books, for example, are unreadable. All you need to know is the concept behind them. Here’s every word I spoke for a week. Here’s a year’s worth of weather reports... and without ever having to read these things, you understand them (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 (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 (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 (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) I often don’t endorse what I tweet, rather I want to throw things about to spark conversation or controversy. What I think about something is not particularly important when talking to thousands of unknown strangers (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) Favoriting tweets has become a form of acknowledging that you’ve read what someone else has written (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) Twitter is not art. But it inspires me in the way that art used to inspire me (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) An updated notion of genius would have to center around one’s mastery of information and its dissemination (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes) And I think this is the real epiphany: the ways in which culture is distributed become profoundly more intriguing as a cultural artifact itself. What we’ve experienced is an inversion of consumption, one in which we’ve come to prefer the acts of acquisition over that which we are acquiring, the bottles over the wine (Kenneth Goldsmith Quotes)