I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Talking to god and coming back because that's what we have to do. That's your responsibility as a director, as an artist,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I always hesitate when people call me a musician.I have had no musical training. I can't play anything. I really think of… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
People like beauty and purity. They pretend that's what it's all about. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
If I've learned one thing in life, it's not to be so judgmental of other people. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
When you do controversial work, you're going to upset a certain amount of people. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
If I feel any marginalisation, it's because the things that concern me aren't so important to other people. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The bible is very resonant. It has everything, creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the bible and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I learned a lot from Arthur Rimbaud. People talk about how he wanted to be a seer and do that through the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
People wouldn't know this about me, but I adore ball gowns. I love their cut, their architecture and the thought of the… — 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
A writer, or any artist, can’t expect to be embraced by the people [but] you just keep doing your work - because… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I worked for Hillary [Clinton] when I was young - when she was running for the Senate. I was fundraising and things,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The people have the power to redeem the work of fools. Upon the meek the graces shower, it's decreed the people rule. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I think it's good for people to see the positive beauty that can flower from the deepest grieving. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm more concerned with the work people do than their gender. When I was younger, I was pretty judgmental. Things had to… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm estranged from social media and I don't really deal with it. I tried to work on a website and it took… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I think it's really great that people share their work [on Myspace] and no one is paying for it. I think that's… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
What I wanted to do in rock 'n roll was merge poetry with sonic scapes, and the two people who had contributed… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
One of my great goals when I first started taking photographs or showing them publicly is that people might want one for… — 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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