When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
If the postman is saying hello to you, then I feel like, wow, thats something special. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Good press, bad press, whatever, only means a lot to me if it's writ by somebody I respect, by somebody I like. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Not everything we do as artists has deep intent. If we push barriers, that's great, but sometimes we just do our work.… — 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
Technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll - the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm a total failure at housewifery. I always have been, 'cause I daydream too much. If I start doing the dishes at… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We believe we will raise the sky, we got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds and if we… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
People say the media is feeding the public's hunger for celebrity news, but that's the drug pusher's mentality. I don't think anybody… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
If we keep our little flame alive, our first feeling of enthusiasm of who we are, without the influence or intervention of… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I believe we all have a unique journey, whether its a journey of pure energy, if there's any intelligence within the journey.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Eyeing the traffic circulating the lobby hung with bad art. Big invasive stuff unloaded on Stanley Bard in exchange for rent. The… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Steven's [Sebring] presence was not threatening; he told me that if I never wanted the footage to be seen by anyone, he… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I would always say to anyone, you make choices that are important to you. Don't allow yourself to be exploited by something… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
In the '50s you had to wear pink ribbons if you were a girl, and you were supposed to become a hairdresser… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm old-fashioned. I think William Blake and people in the Renaissance people were multi. Look at da Vinci, he was involved in… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm pretty moral about what I do. If I didn't think I was worthy of doing something, I wouldn't do it. I… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I daydream a lot - that's how I get my ideas. If I'm sitting in a café, I'm not on my phone… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'd never had people drive me around, and then all of a sudden, if a car didn't come, I'd say, "Where's my… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age ...if only each generation would realize that the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful.… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I really don't want somebody writing something positive about me if they don't believe in it. I'd rather somebody write something real… — 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
![“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)
![“Steven's [Sebring] presence was not threatening; he told me that if I never wanted the footage to be seen by anyone, he would give it to me. So I had nothing to lose and everything to gain, and what I gained was his supportive energy and the supportive energy of his wife, who was sometimes the one…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/773/patti-smith-394_energy_steven-s-sebring-presence-was-not-threat_2412604.jpg)
![“I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew a photographer who would come to Detroit, where I lived, who would be child friendly and who would respect my home. Michael suggested Steven [ Sebring]. One day a knock came at my door…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/713/patti-smith-394_brother_i-had-met-michael-stipe-and-he-was-such_548822.jpg)
![“Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c73/patti-smith-394_cursing_sometimes-people-seem-to-think-i-came-ou_28268.jpg)
