“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.” ThinkingBookWonderfulDullShelvesDip Author:Kenneth Goldsmith
“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.” WritingBookWantedFictionMistakenReferring Author:Kenneth Goldsmith
“I wonder if Karl Ove Knausgård would've written the same books today had been using Twitter. It wasn't around when he was writing those books. Those books were written during the age of the blog, with its big verbiage. The landscape has completely changed today.” WritingBookAgeTodayWonderChanged Author:Kenneth Goldsmith
“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.” KnowsNeedsWritingYearsBookMatterFactsBehindsWeekExampleConceptsWeatherBest ThingsReportsSpokesPoetry IsMatter Of Fact Author:Kenneth Goldsmith
