Literary Dose #46

<blockquote>"I remember when I was about to publish <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262731142?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0262731142&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">my first book</a> and I said to this friend of mine, Larry Rickels, that I had to get used to the idea of people reading it. He said no, you have to get used to the idea that people don't read books. I found that incredibly liberating. And I would say that with books it's the same as with exhibitions. The purpose of an exhibition is not to be seen, but to have a good party that will allow the people who are engaged to engage each other. It's the same with books. The purpose of books is not to be read. I buy books but do not read them. I own a lot of books. I write books, I collect books, I think about books, I copy books, I pay for books -- I'm in the book business. But I don't read books. Don't assume that exhibitions are meant to be seen, and that books are meant to be read. Buildings are by and large invisible, and that's to their credit."</blockquote>- Mark Wigley, in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1907896198?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1907896198&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20"><span style="font-style: italic;">Four Conversations on the Architecture of Discourse</span></a>, edited by Aaron Levy and William Menking (Architectural Association Publications, 2012, p. 83)

Literary Dose #46

"I remember when I was about to publish my first book and I said to this friend of mine, Larry Rickels, that I had to get used to the ...

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