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> [I came from the time of so-called New Criticism - the poem in itself, the writing in itself - but around that time I had come across a critic called Kenneth Burke, who wrote a book called A Rhetoric of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/i-came-from-the-time-of-so-called-new-criticism-the-poem-in-itself/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/vito-acconci-13895_another-way_i-came-from-the-time-of-so-called-new-cr_711464.jpg)

> [It was very definitely architectural. I was using the words on the page as some kind of equivalent of a physical model. But I never thought at that point that I wanted to move toward architecture. I wanted to move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/it-was-very-definitely-architectural-i-was-using-the-words-on-the/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

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## More by Vito Acconci

> [I like Richard Serra sculptures too but I wish they had a goddamn hot dog stand inside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/i-like-richard-serra-sculptures-too-but-i-wish-they-had-a-goddamn-hot/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [It was an incredible way to grow up, because words that you're taught - these definite things - you realize they sort of beautifully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/it-was-an-incredible-way-to-grow-up-because-words-that-you-re-taught/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Architecture is inherently a totalitarian activity. One thing we hate about it is that when you design a space, you're probably designing people's behavior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/architecture-is-inherently-a-totalitarian-activity-one-thing-we-hate/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [ \[Photography was necessary to\] make my place in the art-world: in order to do this, I had to make a picture, since a picture… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/photography-was-necessary-to-make-my-place-in-the-art-world-in-order/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Especially once those poetry events began, because, yeah, the stuff was still on the page, but the page was starting to spill into real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/especially-once-those-poetry-events-began-because-yeah-the-stuff-was/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [I became much more interested in plot when I really didn't consider myself a writer anymore. When I was in an art context and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/i-became-much-more-interested-in-plot-when-i-really-didn-t-consider/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [The kind of influence you want is a much deeper influence. It's like empowerment. Things are like this, but what if they were like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/the-kind-of-influence-you-want-is-a-much-deeper-influence-it-s-like/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [If something's public then it seems like the important thing is the person in that public. And the notion of rhetoric. I went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/if-something-s-public-then-it-seems-like-the-important-thing-is-the/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Everybody uses labels: they give you a handle on things - an over-simplified handle, sure, but without labels, without ads, without words, the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/everybody-uses-labels-they-give-you-a-handle-on-things-an-over/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [My first pieces, in an art context, were ways to get myself off the page and into real space. These photographic pieces were ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/my-first-pieces-in-an-art-context-were-ways-to-get-myself-off-the/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [I came from the time of so-called New Criticism - the poem in itself, the writing in itself - but around that time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/i-came-from-the-time-of-so-called-new-criticism-the-poem-in-itself/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [There's a legal term for a problem in public space: something that might draw people to an area-say, across train tracks-where they might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/there-s-a-legal-term-for-a-problem-in-public-space-something-that/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Public space can be a lot better with some private space to contradict it and vice versa. It keeps the system alive. If the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/public-space-can-be-a-lot-better-with-some-private-space-to/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [As a kid I learned notions of art and notions of not having any money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/as-a-kid-i-learned-notions-of-art-and-notions-of-not-having-any-money/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

> [Maybe I had to stop photographing so that I could learn to touch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vito-acconci/maybe-i-had-to-stop-photographing-so-that-i-could-learn-to-touch/)

[Vito Acconci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vito-acconci/)

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