111 Patti Smith Quotes for You to Enjoy

Patti Smith

American Musician

Born: Dec 30, 1946

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Grief starts to become indulgent, and it doesn't serve anyone, and it's painful. But if you transform it into remembrance, then you're magnifying the person you lost and also giving something of that person to other people, so they can experience something of that person. Patti Smith

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

Life Art You Balance Abandon Dream Stealth May Proceed

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. Patti Smith

Freedom Me You Punk Punk Rock Rock Create Successful Who

You can't change the world; you can't fix the whole environment. But you can recycle. You can turn the water off when you're brushing your teeth. You can do small things. Patti Smith

You Change Small Things World Water Change The World Teeth Small Brushing Environment Recycle Off Fix Turn Your Whole Things

If you feel good about who you are inside, it will radiate. Patti Smith

Good You Feel Good Will Inside About Feel Who

For everything bad, there's a million really exciting things, whether it's someone puts out a really great book, there's a new movie, there's a new detective, the sky is unbelievably golden, or you have the best cup of coffee you ever had in your life. Patti Smith

Life Best Great You Book Sky Coffee Great Book Everything Out Bad Detective Unbelievably Someone Had Puts Exciting Exciting Things New Cup Golden Movie Whether Really Your Ever Million Things

The Bible is very resonant. It has everything: creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the Bible, and all great writers have drawn from it and more than people realise, whether Shakespeare, Herman Melville or Bob Dylan. Patti Smith

Great Bible People Great Things Sacrifice Creation Lust Resonant Everything Drawn Betrayal Shakespeare More Prophecy Poetry Writers Very Than Dylan Realise Whether Bob Bob Dylan Things

I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment. Patti Smith

Think State Adjustment Constantly

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire. Patti Smith

Sadness Never Go Fiery Let Go Desire

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine. Patti Smith

Somebody Mine Sins Died Jesus

As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the '70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility. Patti Smith

Work Good Responsibility Good Work Think Had Learn Another Artist Being Public Public Figure Aspect Used Figure Presents

My daughter is one of my greatest inspirations. She's an environmentalist, she plays piano, she's raising money for the earthquake victims in Nepal. Every day she surprises me and teaches me something. Patti Smith

Day Me Every Day Money Daughter Every Earthquake Nepal Something Inspirations Piano Environmentalist She Greatest Surprises Victims Teaches Raising Plays

I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than I am about terrorism. Because we're losing hives and bees by the millions because of such strong pesticides. Patti Smith

Death Terrorism Strong Losing Say About More Over Concerned Because Said Am Bee Bees Times Than Pesticides Million Millions

Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world. Patti Smith

Nature You World Walk Pocket Polaroid Around Makes Maybe Frugal Packs Shot Shots Your Each Film Two

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

Suffering Those Understand Hand Who Therefore Suffered Extend

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels. Patti Smith

Labels Artists Resistant

Sometimes you're doing really well, then, after three or four years, everything inexplicably crashes like a house of cards and you have to rebuild it. It's not like you get to a point where you're all right for the rest of your life. Patti Smith

Life You Sometimes Rest Three Rebuild Everything Point Like House House Of Cards Well Doing Years Get Where After Crashes Then Really Your Right Four Cards

As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag. Patti Smith

Gender Concerned Any Being As Far As Far Drag

What I say should always be prefaced with this: I'm not really politically articulate. I just try to be like Thomas Paine: what is common sense? So when I say these things to you, I am speaking from a humanist point of view. I just look around and see what's wrong. Patti Smith

You Try Sense Thomas Say See Point Point Of View Wrong Like Look Around Always Am Articulate Politically Just Common Common Sense Really Should View Paine Speaking Humanist Things

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. Patti Smith

Family Old Alien Thinking Else Member Like Look Another Comfortable Because Tall Felt Disconnected Years Very Five Any Childhood Human Anybody Anybody Else Race Planet Skinny Human Race Even Four Early

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 times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor. Patti Smith

Beautiful Great Respect Creative People Humor Parents Our Both Remarkable Great Respect Had Open-Minded Beautiful Things Got Were Times Senses Mean Them Who Rough Rough Times Hard-Working Things

I get irritated with the world. I get irritated with politicians. I get very irritated with governments and with corporations, but in terms of imagination - my imagination is always fertile. I'm either thinking of my own things or constantly engaged by the things that other people do. Patti Smith

When I was a child, I was certain that I could remember what it was like to live on Venus; I could remember what it was like to live in the American Plains. I could remember. And it's ancient memory. We all have it. It's just that some of us access it more than others. Patti Smith

Memory Remember Live Others Ancient Some More Could Like Venus Access Than Child American Just Plains Us Certain

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