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Great Quotes 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 always…
- There are so many great 19th-century photographers, and it's really my favorite period, but the amateurs did such beautiful work.
- I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough…
- I was never a singer; I can't play any instruments; I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the…
- In 1974, when I started working with the material that became 'Horses,' a lot of our great voices had died. We'd lost Jimi Hendrix and…
- 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…
- One of my great goals when I first started taking photographs or showing them publicly is that people might want one for over their desk.…
- 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. But…
- In my low periods, I wondered what was the point of creating art. For whom? Are we animating God? Are we talking to ourselves? And…
- I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have it be popular.
More Great Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I don't miss anything ever. Because to me, missing something is like going backward a little bit. I don't miss being in… — Fred Armisen
- My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong
- Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied… — Karen Armstrong
- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
- All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in… — Neil Armstrong