We're living in a time when the sheer amount of language has exponentially increased. As writers, if we wish to be contemporary, I think we need to acknowledge that the very nature of the materials that we're working with -… — 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 Image
If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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 Image
I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
An updated notion of genius would have to center around one's mastery of information and its dissemination. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
