“The politics at Max's were very similar to high school, except the popular people were not the cheerleaders or football heroes and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I get irritated with the world. I get irritated with politicians. I get very irritated with governments and with corporations, but in… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I never had aspirations to go into politics or medicine. I always wanted to be an artist of some sort. I wasn't… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I don't think the average American understands what patriotism truthfully is. That's why when I attack our country or attack the government,… — 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 feel about politics the same way I do about religion: I find the best I can from different things. — 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
![“I worked for Hillary [Clinton] when I was young - when she was running for the Senate. I was fundraising and things, I see all of these people as political in a way that isn't humanistic. I'm just watching and hoping that someone is going to distinguish himself or herself as comprehending what we…” quote by Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/34d/patti-smith-394_clinton_i-worked-for-hillary-clinton-when-i-was_2636070.jpg)
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