Dieter Roth was interviewed many times—a format that served him not only as a method of providing information, but also as a distinct space for linguistic expression. His responses are often less like replies and more like poetic compositions: associative, multi-layered, and imbued with a unique visual power.

Exemplary of this connection between conversation and poetic composition are facsimiles of a questionnaire that Dieter Roth filled out in 1969 on the occasion of the group exhibition freunde + freunde, friends + fruend at the Kunsthalle Bern.