--- title: "30 Want Quotes By Patti Smith" description: "30 Want quotes by Patti Smith. Plus more from Patti Smith and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/patti-smith-394_crafts_you-don-t-want-to-od-on-improvisation-19_1904121.jpg" --- > [You don't want to OD on improvisation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/you-don-t-want-to-od-on-improvisation/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/patti-smith-394_crafts_you-don-t-want-to-od-on-improvisation-19_1904121.jpg) > [I'm here right now and I want now to be the greatest time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-here-right-now-and-i-want-now-to-be-the-greatest-time/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/patti-smith-394_right-now_i-m-here-right-now-and-i-want-now-to-be_1255063.jpg) > [Ultimately, I want to make everyone horny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/ultimately-i-want-to-make-everyone-horny/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/patti-smith-394_horny_ultimately-i-want-to-make-everyone-horny_1980524.jpg) > [I still don't want to be put in the feminist bag. I'm a humanist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-still-don-t-want-to-be-put-in-the-feminist-bag-i-m-a-humanist/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/patti-smith-394_bags_i-still-don-t-want-to-be-put-in-the-femi_1957516.jpg) > [The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/the-thing-i-ve-always-liked-about-performing-is-that-i-decide-what-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/patti-smith-394_hair_the-thing-i-ve-always-liked-about-perfor_1006199.jpg) > [If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-your-label-won-t-let-you-have-the-cover-you-want-or-sing-the-songs/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/patti-smith-394_labels_if-your-label-won-t-let-you-have-the-cov_1442333.jpg) > [To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/to-be-an-artist-actually-to-be-a-human-being-in-these-times-it-s-all/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/patti-smith-394_art_to-be-an-artist-actually-to-be-a-human-b_1635062.jpg) > [Even as a child, I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want to wear red lipstick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/even-as-a-child-i-knew-what-i-didn-t-want-i-didn-t-want-to-wear-red/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/patti-smith-394_children_even-as-a-child-i-knew-what-i-didn-t-wan_1386841.jpg) > [I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-want-to-keep-my-life-as-unfettered-as-possible-so-maybe-i-ll-just/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/patti-smith-394_book_i-want-to-keep-my-life-as-unfettered-as_3115074.jpg) > [I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-want-to-be-around-a-really-long-time-i-want-to-be-a-thorn-in-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0b/patti-smith-394_long_i-want-to-be-around-a-really-long-time-i_1525345.jpg) > [I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-a-worker-i-do-the-work-to-communicate-and-i-want-people-to/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/patti-smith-394_communicate_i-m-a-worker-i-do-the-work-to-communicat_3175006.jpg) > [It got to the point where I started hiding because I didn't want to be photographed. (On living with Robert Mapplethorpe)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/it-got-to-the-point-where-i-started-hiding-because-i-didn-t-want-to/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/patti-smith-394_hiding_it-got-to-the-point-where-i-started-hidi_1782359.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-really-don-t-want-somebody-writing-something-positive-about-me-if/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/patti-smith-394_bad-stuff_i-really-don-t-want-somebody-writing-som_3216794.jpg) > [I wanted to see who this Yeats person was, and I said to my mother, 'I want a book by this person.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-wanted-to-see-who-this-yeats-person-was-and-i-said-to-my-mother-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/patti-smith-394_book_i-wanted-to-see-who-this-yeats-person-wa_473849.jpg) > [Ms. It sounds like a sick bumblebee, it sounds frigid. I mean, who the hell would ever want to stick his hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/ms-it-sounds-like-a-sick-bumblebee-it-sounds-frigid-i-mean-who-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/patti-smith-394_bumblebees_ms-it-sounds-like-a-sick-bumblebee-it-so_2691179.jpg) > [One of my great goals when I first started taking photographs or showing them publicly is that people might want one for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/one-of-my-great-goals-when-i-first-started-taking-photographs-or/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/patti-smith-394_desks_one-of-my-great-goals-when-i-first-start_3045511.jpg) > [We learned we wanted too much. We could only give from the perspective of who we were and what we had. Apart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/we-learned-we-wanted-too-much-we-could-only-give-from-the-perspective/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/patti-smith-394_able_we-learned-we-wanted-too-much-we-could-o_1752439.jpg) > [I'm more concerned with the work people do than their gender. When I was younger, I was pretty judgmental. Things had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-more-concerned-with-the-work-people-do-than-their-gender-when-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/patti-smith-394_certain_i-m-more-concerned-with-the-work-people_2716933.jpg) > [Why do people want to know exactly who I am? Am I a poet? Am I this or that? I've always made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/why-do-people-want-to-know-exactly-who-i-am-am-i-a-poet-am-i-this-or/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/patti-smith-394_art_why-do-people-want-to-know-exactly-who-i_209444.jpg) > [I'm very comfortable with being a female now but when I was a little kid I only wanted to be a boy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-very-comfortable-with-being-a-female-now-but-when-i-was-a-little/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d8/patti-smith-394_boys_i-m-very-comfortable-with-being-a-female_2479780.jpg) > [As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/as-an-artist-i-never-wanted-to-be-fettered-by-gender-nor-recognized/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ce/patti-smith-394_art_as-an-artist-i-never-wanted-to-be-fetter_2007061.jpg) > [America is run by corporations, it is run by banks and Wall Street. That's why we can't get guns under control. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/america-is-run-by-corporations-it-is-run-by-banks-and-wall-street/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/patti-smith-394_america_america-is-run-by-corporations-it-is-run_668586.jpg) > [I didn't want any middle-of-the-road creep. I always wanted the toughest guy in school, the guy from south Philly who wore tight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-didn-t-want-any-middle-of-the-road-creep-i-always-wanted-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/patti-smith-394_black_i-didn-t-want-any-middle-of-the-road-cre_1883979.jpg) > [We all make choices. Believe me, I would like to write the hit of the world. It's not like I have any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/we-all-make-choices-believe-me-i-would-like-to-write-the-hit-of-the/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/patti-smith-394_albums_we-all-make-choices-believe-me-i-would-l_1399997.jpg) > [I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age ...if only each generation would realize that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-right-here-right-now-and-i-want-now-to-be-the-golden-age-if-only/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/patti-smith-394_age_i-m-right-here-right-now-and-i-want-now_3008162.jpg) > [I daydream a lot - that's how I get my ideas. If I'm sitting in a café, I'm not on my phone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-daydream-a-lot-that-s-how-i-get-my-ideas-if-i-m-sitting-in-a-caf-i/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/patti-smith-394_daydream_i-daydream-a-lot-that-s-how-i-get-my-ide_3086632.jpg) > [I'm not a critic. I'm not a journalist. I'm not a philosopher. Arguing that punk has run its course is like saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-not-a-critic-i-m-not-a-journalist-i-m-not-a-philosopher-arguing/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/patti-smith-394_arguing_i-m-not-a-critic-i-m-not-a-journalist-i_2171891.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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/if-someone-didn-t-want-to-be-filmed-or-my-children-said-don-t-film-me/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/patti-smith-394_children_if-someone-didn-t-want-to-be-filmed-or-m_1648462.jpg) > [After writing all day I go for a walk and see a piece of architecture i want to photograph and i have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/after-writing-all-day-i-go-for-a-walk-and-see-a-piece-of-architecture/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/patti-smith-394_architecture_after-writing-all-day-i-go-for-a-walk-an_995549.jpg) > [We're a culture more than ever that wants proof of everything, we want things fast, and someone sends you an email, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/we-re-a-culture-more-than-ever-that-wants-proof-of-everything-we-want/) [Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02c/patti-smith-394_answers_we-re-a-culture-more-than-ever-that-want_2074283.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/patti-smith/#itemlist", "name": "30 Want Quotes By Patti Smith", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You don't want to OD on improvisation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/you-don-t-want-to-od-on-improvisation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/patti-smith-394_crafts_you-don-t-want-to-od-on-improvisation-19_1904121.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/patti-smith-394_crafts_you-don-t-want-to-od-on-improvisation-19_1904121.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/patti-smith-394_crafts_you-don-t-want-to-od-on-improvisation-19_1904121.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don't want to OD on improvisation.” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm here right now and I want now to be the greatest time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-m-here-right-now-and-i-want-now-to-be-the-greatest-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/patti-smith-394_right-now_i-m-here-right-now-and-i-want-now-to-be_1255063.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/patti-smith-394_right-now_i-m-here-right-now-and-i-want-now-to-be_1255063.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be1/patti-smith-394_right-now_i-m-here-right-now-and-i-want-now-to-be_1255063.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm here right now and I want now to be the greatest time.” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ultimately, I want to make everyone horny.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patti Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/ultimately-i-want-to-make-everyone-horny/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/patti-smith-394_horny_ultimately-i-want-to-make-everyone-horny_1980524.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/patti-smith-394_horny_ultimately-i-want-to-make-everyone-horny_1980524.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/patti-smith-394_horny_ultimately-i-want-to-make-everyone-horny_1980524.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ultimately, I want to make everyone horny.” — Patti Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I still don't want to be put in the feminist bag. 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