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Quote by Kenneth Goldsmith

“Automation and technology don't cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them.”

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Kenneth Goldsmith, born in 1961, is a renowned poet known for his profound reflections on language and culture. His works often employ techniques of textual collage and repetition to explore themes such as memory, history, and identity. more

“A lot of my songs are about death and the fleetingness of life. It just feels good to remind myself about that a lot. For whatever reason. And it's a beautiful thing, actually. It seems to me like it's a beautiful way to live in the world and to relate to things, with an awareness of temporality.”

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“I don't draw every day. I tend to draw intensely during certain periods of time. I draw to amuse myself on occasion, when I am bored and drawing is the only fun to be had.”

Certain Fun Periods Draws Drawing Occasions Bored

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“Sometimes commercial galleries ask for particular work to sell, but I try not to be bossed around by them. I didn't become an artist to get bossed around.”

Trying Sometimes Artist Asks Particular Sells Gallery

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“All things in the world are singing a song, reciting a poem, inaudibly, to their surroundings, to the things they encounter.”

World Song Singing All Things Encounters Surroundings Reciting

Author:Phil Elvrum

“I like making books but I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing. Perhaps I just try to arrange a bunch of seemingly random drawings into something that makes a vague narrative sense. Sometimes it sort of makes sense, sometimes it doesn't.”

Trying Book Sometimes Drawing Bunch Narrative Make Sense Not Sure Vague

Author:David Shrigley

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