--- title: "8 Felt Quotes By Patti Smith" description: "8 Felt quotes by Patti Smith. Plus more from Patti Smith and more Felt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/patti-smith-394_ancestry_i-ve-never-felt-grounded-because-of-my-a_188360.jpg" --- > [I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-ve-never-felt-grounded-because-of-my-ancestry-or-my-gender-i-think/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/patti-smith-394_ancestry_i-ve-never-felt-grounded-because-of-my-a_188360.jpg) > [I felt alien my whole life, but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-felt-alien-my-whole-life-but-i-didn-t-feel-alien-because-of-my/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/patti-smith-394_aliens_i-felt-alien-my-whole-life-but-i-didn-t_225973.jpg) > [I was so horny in school it felt like my body was filled with electricity. I felt like I had neon bones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-was-so-horny-in-school-it-felt-like-my-body-was-filled-with/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/patti-smith-394_body_i-was-so-horny-in-school-it-felt-like-my_930907.jpg) > [I never had aspirations to go into politics or medicine. I always wanted to be an artist of some sort. I wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-never-had-aspirations-to-go-into-politics-or-medicine-i-always/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbb/patti-smith-394_age_i-never-had-aspirations-to-go-into-polit_1175934.jpg) > [From very early on in my childhood - four, five years old - I felt alien to the human race. I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/from-very-early-on-in-my-childhood-four-five-years-old-i-felt-alien/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/patti-smith-394_aliens_from-very-early-on-in-my-childhood-four_1508776.jpg) > [If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer...When I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-i-have-any-regrets-i-could-say-that-i-m-sorry-i-wasn-t-a-better/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b9/patti-smith-394_artist_if-i-have-any-regrets-i-could-say-that-i_1680868.jpg) > [When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/when-i-was-younger-i-felt-it-was-my-duty-to-wake-people-up-i-thought/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/patti-smith-394_duty_when-i-was-younger-i-felt-it-was-my-duty_1906933.jpg) > [I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-never-felt-oppressed-because-of-my-gender-when-i-m-writing-a-poem/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/patti-smith-394_art_i-never-felt-oppressed-because-of-my-gen_3225784.jpg) ## Other authors on Felt ## 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/felt/patti-smith/#itemlist", "name": "8 Felt Quotes By Patti Smith", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. 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