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title: "3 Daydreaming Quotes By Patti Smith"
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> [I'm a total failure at housewifery. I always have been, 'cause I daydream too much. If I start doing the dishes at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-a-total-failure-at-housewifery-i-always-have-been-cause-i/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [I daydream a lot - that's how I get my ideas. If I'm sitting in a café, I'm not on my phone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-daydream-a-lot-that-s-how-i-get-my-ideas-if-i-m-sitting-in-a-caf-i/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/social-media-could-be-very-strong-in-terms-of-bringing-people/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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## Other authors on Daydreaming

## 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/)

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