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Inspirational Quotes by Patti Smith
- Will you pretend you're my boyfriend?
- You don't want to OD on improvisation.
- You can't make a mistake when you improvise.
- Toyland, toyland . . . once you pass its portals you may never return again.
- Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not.
- I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings.
- We tried not to age, but time had its rage.
- Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive.
- A writer, or any artist, can’t expect to be embraced by the people [but] you just keep doing your work - because you have to,…
- We need a new cosmology. New gods. New sacraments. Another drink.
- Grief isn't all tears.
- An artist wears his work in place of wounds.
- One day we’ll go in together, and the work will be ours.
- Pissing in a river, watching it rise.
- These are the times, the times of our own, these are the shapes the world we formed.
- Words are just rules and regulations to me.
- Your soul was like a network of spittle.
- Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
- As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.
- I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.
- Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.
- Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.
- Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man.
- All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.
- An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento