« All About Quotes · Patti Smith's Page
About Quotes by Patti Smith
- A lot of children don't have a developed aesthetic. I did. I made early choices in life, even about cloth; I liked flannel and not…
- Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.
- The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.
- I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas -…
- I learned a lot from Arthur Rimbaud. People talk about how he wanted to be a seer and do that through the derangement of the…
- I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than…
- Music television is all about the media-oriented version of what it is to be a rock star; it's not about what Bob Dylan or Jimi…
- When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books.…
More About Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster
- There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads. — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong