I don't have a readership, I have a thinkership. I guess this is why what I do is called "conceptual writing." The… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
What I'm doing in writing has been thoroughly and exhaustively explored in other fields like visual art, music, and cinema, yet somehow… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I think that writers often try too hard in the name of expression, when often it's just a matter of reframing what's… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I think it's time to admit that our writing is guided by the technology we use as much as it is by… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Conceptual writing is looking for that "Aha!" moment, when something so simple, right under our noses, is revealed as being awe- inspiring,… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The best thing about conceptual poetry is that it doesn’t need to be read. You don’t have to read it. As a… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I wonder if Karl Ove Knausgård would've written the same books today had been using Twitter. It wasn't around when he was… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We're living in a time when the sheer amount of language has exponentially increased. As writers, if we wish to be contemporary,… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
My favorite method of encryption is chunking revolutionary documents inside a mess of JPEG or MP3 code and emailing it off as… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
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… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
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… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
I don’t trust painting. At least not in New York. Most painting here relies on formula and repetition, whoring itself to the market. There… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
An updated notion of genius would have to center around one's mastery of information and its dissemination. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
Art used to make me see the world differently, think about things in a new way - it rarely does that for me anymore,… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
New York City is just one node on the global cultural scene now. Social media reflects the state of the world, so I've become… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
I think that the special thing about radio is the off switch. If something's not pleasing you, turn it off. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
Everyone complains that we can no longer intake huge chunks of text. I find that a reason to celebrate. It's something that has deep… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
And I think this is the real epiphany: the ways in which culture is distributed become profoundly more intriguing as a cultural artifact itself.… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
Poets think in short lines. Unless you're Samuel Beckett, Twitter might be more difficult for novelists. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share
