Quotes about Patti Smith

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.

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An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has...

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An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.

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Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.

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When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I...

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Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

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Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls,...

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

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Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took...

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Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?

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People have the power to redeem the work of fools.

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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I...

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