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Because Quotes by Patti Smith
- I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist.
- I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town.
- I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords.
- I felt alien my whole life, but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.
- Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.
- What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.
- From very early on in my childhood - four, five years old - I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with…
- The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't…
- Hopefully if you create something fine, people will relate to it, so you're communicating with people, and you're not in a void. On the other…
- I didn't know Kurt Cobain or Amy Winehouse, but I was affected by both of their deaths because I admired their work so much and…
- 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…
- It's no secret - I love detective fiction. One of the reasons I love being in London is because I like to watch all the…
- People came at me with all sorts of offers, wanting to make me into a hard-core Cher. I had no desire for any amount of…
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- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle