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
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
The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes I get lost in watching a film. The sorrow, or the frustration, is when it doesn't happen for a long time. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life] is not really an amateur work, despite the fact that none of us have ever done anything… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
If someone didn't want to be filmed, or my children said, "Don't film me anymore," [Steven Sebring] didn't try to sneak a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life] doesn't hide anything, except maybe moments of sorrow or darkness that belonged to me. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20… — 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
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
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
Light inspires me. I'm drawn to architecture, often graves, statues, trees - things usually that are quite still. I've been taking pictures… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I actually had another motivation for letting Steven [Sebring] film us. After I'd been out of the public eye for 16 years,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Those were the things on my mind [stay healthy, take care of my kids and reestablish a relationship with the people], not… — 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 Image
Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“I clawed through a thick web of the culture’s consciousness that I hadn’t known existed.” — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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![“The film [Dream of Life] is not really an amateur work, despite the fact that none of us have ever done anything like this before; aesthetically, none of us are amateurs.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3f3/patti-smith-394_cinema_the-film-dream-of-life-is-not-really-an_992436.jpg)
![“If someone didn't want to be filmed, or my children said, "Don't film me anymore," [Steven Sebring] didn't try to sneak a shot or cajole them; he just respected their wishes.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0ea/patti-smith-394_children_if-someone-didn-t-want-to-be-filmed-or-m_1648462.jpg)
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![“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/quotes/img-quotes/788/patti-smith-394_ascent_i-was-at-one-of-the-lowest-points-of-my_2048809.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/quotes/img-quotes/267/patti-smith-394_administration_it-s-steven-s-sebring-view-of-what-he-sa_634203.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/quotes/img-quotes/d4c/patti-smith-394_affirming_the-film-dream-of-life-in-the-end-is-lif_1269017.jpg)
![“I actually had another motivation for letting Steven [Sebring] film us. After I'd been out of the public eye for 16 years, lost my friends and lost my husband, some of my confidence had been undermined. Steven made the process of filming fun; I could pretend that we were in something like Don't…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f1a/patti-smith-394_cinema_i-actually-had-another-motivation-for-le_892365.jpg)
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