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[venetia]

“Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method […] Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.” (Walter Benjamin, 1931)

Comments

[canonfire]

Benjamin is Ine of those writers Ive only read about, but would really love to read.

[venetia]

I'm the opposite - I love reading him but should read more about him. But there are some "theorists" whom it seems I can only approach as if they are poets.

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