--- title: "5 Arthur Quotes By Patti Smith" description: "5 Arthur quotes by Patti Smith. Plus more from Patti Smith and more Arthur sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/patti-smith-394_arthur_all-of-my-role-models-whether-it-was-the_698739.jpg" --- > [All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/all-of-my-role-models-whether-it-was-the-disciples-or-john-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/patti-smith-394_arthur_all-of-my-role-models-whether-it-was-the_698739.jpg) > [Arthur Conan Doyle had to be Sherlock Holmes in order to envision how Sherlock Holmes would unravel a mystery. He had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/arthur-conan-doyle-had-to-be-sherlock-holmes-in-order-to-envision-how/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9f/patti-smith-394_arthur_arthur-conan-doyle-had-to-be-sherlock-ho_1456642.jpg) > [Some of us are born rebellious. Like Jean Genet or Arthur Rimbaud, I roam these mean streets like a villain, a vagabond,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/some-of-us-are-born-rebellious-like-jean-genet-or-arthur-rimbaud-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/patti-smith-394_arthur_some-of-us-are-born-rebellious-like-jean_2463887.jpg) > [I learned a lot from Arthur Rimbaud. People talk about how he wanted to be a seer and do that through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-learned-a-lot-from-arthur-rimbaud-people-talk-about-how-he-wanted/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/patti-smith-394_able_i-learned-a-lot-from-arthur-rimbaud-peop_2575595.jpg) > [When I was a teenager, I had trouble getting a boyfriend, so I imagined Arthur Rimbaud or Bob Dylan as my boyfriend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/when-i-was-a-teenager-i-had-trouble-getting-a-boyfriend-so-i-imagined/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/patti-smith-394_arthur_when-i-was-a-teenager-i-had-trouble-gett_3052269.jpg) ## Other authors on Arthur ## More by Patti Smith > [I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-had-a-really-happy-childhood-my-siblings-were-great-my-mother-was/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/as-a-citizen-hopefully-i-m-humanist-as-an-artist-i-m-free/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [ Sometimes \[people\] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/sometimes-people-seem-to-think-i-came-out-of-the-womb-you-know/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [“Inside it he inscribed a few lines of poetry, portraying us as the gypsy and the fool, one creating silence; one listening closely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/inside-it-he-inscribed-a-few-lines-of-poetry-portraying-us-as-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/who-can-know-the-heart-of-youth-but-youth-itself/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [“I clawed through a thick web of the culture’s consciousness that I hadn’t known existed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-clawed-through-a-thick-web-of-the-culture-s-consciousness-that-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/ultimately-we-are-not-seeking-others-to-bow-to-but-to-reinforce-our/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-i-m-taking-a-picture-of-brancusi-s-grave-i-know-that-there-s/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-certain-as-we-filled-down-the-great-staircase-that-i-appeared-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/in-art-and-dream-may-you-proceed-with-abandon-in-life-may-you-proceed/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [New York is the thing that seduced me. New York is the thing that formed me. New York is the thing that deformed me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/new-york-is-the-thing-that-seduced-me-new-york-is-the-thing-that/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-don-t-wanna-be-equal-with-anybody-i-wanna-be-above-equal-i-don-t/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-think-i-m-constantly-in-a-state-of-adjustment/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/somehow-i-started-introducing-writing-into-my-drawings-and-after-a/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-okay-with-roaming-around-the-world-in-my-bunk-for-days-on-end/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arthur/patti-smith/#itemlist", "name": "5 Arthur Quotes By Patti Smith", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/all-of-my-role-models-whether-it-was-the-disciples-or-john-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/patti-smith-394_arthur_all-of-my-role-models-whether-it-was-the_698739.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/patti-smith-394_arthur_all-of-my-role-models-whether-it-was-the_698739.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/patti-smith-394_arthur_all-of-my-role-models-whether-it-was-the_698739.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the…” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Arthur Conan Doyle had to be Sherlock Holmes in order to envision how Sherlock Holmes would unravel a mystery. 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