As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I didn't love Jim Morrison 'cause he was self-destructive. I loved him because of his work. Because of the way he merged… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I didn't know Kurt Cobain or Amy Winehouse, but I was affected by both of their deaths because I admired their work… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Hey sister, you're just moving too fast, you're screwing up the quota. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
We never had any children," he said ruefully. "Our work was our children. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy. — 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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