Art Quote by Patti Smith

To be an artist or a writer is to be this weird thing - a hand worker in an era of mass production.

— Susan Sontag

If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.

— Sherman Alexie

If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I've never been…

— Paul Auster

When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words.

— Sophy Burnham

I used to write on pads with a pen but had trouble reading the words the next day. Years later, Bob Dylan taught me…

— Leon Russell

I used to write stories. Handwriting stories in school were a big deal for me. That's kind of what I did.

— Shawn Mendes

Poetry has always been this completely alien art to me. I am the sort of bloke who, when he gets into things, generally tries…

— Frank Skinner

Writing never came naturally and I still have to force my hand to do it.

— Richard Ford

I've been writing since I was 11. But I don't write with a pen, I just sing at the piano with one eye shut…

— Freya Ridings

My friend advised me to go into studying art, which at first shocked me because art was so easy. It was just something I…

— David Small

Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the…

— Patti Smith

I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language…

— Rita Mae Brown