Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories.
Kenneth GoldsmithI often don't endorse what I tweet, rather I want to throw things about to spark conversation or controversy. What I think about something is not particularly important when talking to thousands of unknown strangers.
Kenneth GoldsmithI think that the special thing about radio is the off switch. If something's not pleasing you, turn it off.
Kenneth GoldsmithFavoriting tweets has become a form of acknowledging that you've read what someone else has written.
Kenneth GoldsmithI wonder if Karl Ove Knausgรฅrd 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.
Kenneth GoldsmithThe best thing about conceptual poetry is that it doesnโt need to be read. You donโt have to read it. As a matter of fact, you can write books, and you donโt even have to read them. My books, for example, are unreadable. All you need to know is the concept behind them. Hereโs every word I spoke for a week. Hereโs a yearโs worth of weather reports... and without ever having to read these things, you understand them.
Kenneth Goldsmith