--- title: "6 Impulse Quotes By Patti Smith" description: "6 Impulse quotes by Patti Smith. Plus more from Patti Smith and more Impulse sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/patti-smith-394_impulse_i-don-t-know-about-that-i-m-not-a-very-a_447358.jpg" --- > [I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-don-t-know-about-that-i-m-not-a-very-analytical-person-i-have/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7d/patti-smith-394_impulse_i-don-t-know-about-that-i-m-not-a-very-a_447358.jpg) > [The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/the-moment-of-creative-impulse-is-what-an-artist-gives-you-you-look/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/patti-smith-394_art_the-moment-of-creative-impulse-is-what-a_2283680.jpg) > [More than anything, that's been the thread through my life - the desire to write, the impulse to write. I mean, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/more-than-anything-that-s-been-the-thread-through-my-life-the-desire/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/patti-smith-394_desire_more-than-anything-that-s-been-the-threa_2478258.jpg) > [Put down your cell phones, put everything away, and feel your blood pulsing in you, feel your creative impulse, feel your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/put-down-your-cell-phones-put-everything-away-and-feel-your-blood/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/patti-smith-394_alive_put-down-your-cell-phones-put-everything_2480872.jpg) > [Everyone has a creative impulse, and has the right to create, and should.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/everyone-has-a-creative-impulse-and-has-the-right-to-create-and-should/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/patti-smith-394_create_everyone-has-a-creative-impulse-and-has_2590215.jpg) > [What is the impulse that drove to direct? To me, it seems so immense. Just having a rock 'n' roll band, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/what-is-the-impulse-that-drove-to-direct-to-me-it-seems-so-immense/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/patti-smith-394_direct_what-is-the-impulse-that-drove-to-direct_2858937.jpg) ## Other authors on Impulse ## 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/impulse/patti-smith/#itemlist", "name": "6 Impulse Quotes By Patti Smith", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. 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