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
The way our big cities change sucks. The beauty of cities was that they were edgy, sometimes even a little dangerous. Artists,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the… — 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
We went our separate ways, but within walking distance of one another. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The only way I can lose my mind in bed is to destroy myself in a fantasy. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
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
I like making records right now 'cause I can express myself that way in a very immediate, physical sense. You can always… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Obviously, I'm not homeless. I'm not an old alcoholic. I'm not jumping trains. I just like to live in a certain way. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I think I work in two worlds. I'll always try to kick through a wall. I did that when I was younger… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We needed time to figure out what all of this meant, how we were going to come to terms and redefine what… — 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
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 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 learned from him that often contradiction is the clearest way to truth — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I have abandoned so many projects but in the '80s when I left public life to be married and have real children… — 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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![“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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