Patti Smith

Discover the 10 best quotes by Patti Smith. Make your own poster too.

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

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age

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

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art

I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

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business

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 - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change.

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change

I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.

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change

The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.

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communication

From very early on in my childhood - four, five years old - I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected - I was very tall and skinny, and I didn't look like anybody else, I didn't even look like any member of my family.

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family

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

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freedom

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.

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freedom

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.

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good

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