I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The hand above turns those leaves of loves, all in all a timeless view. Each dream of life flung from paradise everlasting,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Within that moment was trust, compassion, and our mutual sense of irony. He was carrying death within him and I was carrying… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I felt alien my whole life, but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Steven [Sebring] just fell in with my family life. He helped me wash the dishes and play with the kids. I could… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
More than anything, that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I studied the Bible seriously until I was young teenager. It was always part of our home education: talking about the Bible,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
For life is the best thing we have in this existence. And if we should desire to believe in something, it should… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I was at one of the lowest points of my life when we started this film [Dream of Life], except, of course,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life], in the end, is life-affirming, and I think it's always useful for people to be reminded that… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
It's Steven's [Sebring] view of what he saw in traveling and working with me. But on another scale, I think the film… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a life where, like everybody else, I did… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We have to believe, as creators - just like a doctor doing heart surgery has to believe that he can save that… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The truth is, no matter how modest Steven [Sebring] is, he was obsessed with the outcome of the film [Dream of Life].… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
All the traumas I went through separating art from writing don't exist anymore. That's why I love being in rock 'n' roll.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was… — Patti Smith Copy Share
Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar. — Patti Smith Copy Share
“Inside it he inscribed a few lines of poetry, portraying us as the gypsy and the fool, one creating silence; one listening closely to… — Patti Smith Copy Share
“I clawed through a thick web of the culture’s consciousness that I hadn’t known existed.” — Patti Smith Copy Share
Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide… — Patti Smith Copy Share
If I'm taking a picture of Brancusi's grave, I know that there's something of him, of his mortal remains, beneath my feet, and there's… — Patti Smith Copy Share
I'm certain, as we filled down the great staircase, that I appeared the same as ever, a moping twelve years-old, all arms and legs.… — Patti Smith Copy Share
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. — Patti Smith Copy Share
New York is the thing that seduced me. New York is the thing that formed me. New York is the thing that deformed me.… — Patti Smith Copy Share
I don't wanna be equal with anybody. I wanna be above equal. I don't think most people are equal to me. I'd like to… — Patti Smith Copy Share
Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the… — Patti Smith Copy Share
I'm okay with roaming around the world in my bunk for days on end. Maybe every third day I'll get a shower or stumble… — Patti Smith Copy Share
![“I think that there is an air of experience and aesthetic sophistication that weaves in with the amateur aspects of the film [Dream of Life]; it gives the film a certain elegance.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/af3/patti-smith-394_aesthetic_i-think-that-there-is-an-air-of-experien_459029.jpg)
![“Steven [Sebring] just fell in with my family life. He helped me wash the dishes and play with the kids. I could tell that he was a person who understood families.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/200/patti-smith-394_dishes_steven-sebring-just-fell-in-with-my-fami_3032435.jpg)
![“I was at one of the lowest points of my life when we started this film [Dream of Life], except, of course, that I had two great children. But the film is not documenting a decline; it's documenting a rise up - first baby steps and then big steps up. The worst that could have ever happened to me…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/788/patti-smith-394_ascent_i-was-at-one-of-the-lowest-points-of-my_2048809.jpg)
![“The film [Dream of Life], in the end, is life-affirming, and I think it's always useful for people to be reminded that no matter how rough things get, no matter what kind of twists and turns our lives can take, we can keep going, we can create something new.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d4c/patti-smith-394_affirming_the-film-dream-of-life-in-the-end-is-lif_1269017.jpg)
![“It's Steven's [Sebring] view of what he saw in traveling and working with me. But on another scale, I think the film [Dream of Life] is very humanistic: It touches on motherhood, death, birth, art, laundry, anger against the Bush administration... While I don't think it's the kind of film where…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/267/patti-smith-394_administration_it-s-steven-s-sebring-view-of-what-he-sa_634203.jpg)
![“The truth is, no matter how modest Steven [Sebring] is, he was obsessed with the outcome of the film [Dream of Life]. Every single frame was important to him.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d6f/patti-smith-394_dream_the-truth-is-no-matter-how-modest-steven_971399.jpg)
