The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times. Patti Smith More Quotes by Patti Smith More Quotes From Patti Smith My sunglasses are like my guitar. Patti Smith sunglassesguitar An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God. Patti Smith competitionartist I like energy. I like to feel it cracklin', I like sexual energy in a room, and I like tension. Patti Smith tensionenergyrooms All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful. Patti Smith wantedwonderfulchildren I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment. Patti Smith adjustmentstatesthinking In my low periods, I wondered what was the point of creating art. For whom? Are we animating God? Are we talking to ourselves? And what was the ultimate goal? To have one's work caged in art's great zoos - the Modern, the Met, the Louvre? Patti Smith zoostalkingart It will not fall away. Man cannot judge it. For art sings of God, and ultimately belongs to Him. Patti Smith menartfall ...heroine: the artist, the premier mistress writhering in a garden graced w/highly polished blades of grass... release (ethiopium) is the drug...an animal howl says it all...notes pour into the caste of freedom...the freedom to be intense...to defy social order and break the slow kill monotony of censorship. to break from the long bonds of servitude-ruthless adoration of the celestial shepherd. let us celebrate our own flesh-to embrace not ones race mais the marathon-to never let go of the fiery sadness called desire. Patti Smith sadnessgardenletting-go Deep in my heart how the presence of you shines, in a light to last a whole life through. Patti Smith lightheartfriendship Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not. Patti Smith mortalspoetry-isremember I was never a singer, I can't play any instruments, I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I didn't have any template for what I was doing. I did what I did out of frustration and concern. Patti Smith rocksfrustrationstars I've always thrived on the encouragement of others. Patti Smith encouragement My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a fourth sibling, with very serious asthma. The medical bills... So my parents always struggled. Patti Smith siblingwarkids I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. Patti Smith chordsrocksenough Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand. Patti Smith griefgrievinghands Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man. Patti Smith newsfellow-manmen I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings. Patti Smith yearningturnsnew-year I don't like answering to other people's philosophies. I don't have any philosophy, I just believe in stuff. Either I believe in something or I don't. Like, I believe in the Rolling Stones but not in the Dave Clark Five. There's nothing philosophic about it. Whenever I'm linked with a movement, it pisses me off. Patti Smith philosophybelievepeople No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist. Patti Smith artistdoefacts The sea is greater than us - it has its rhythm, its art. It comes with our earliest memory, of respiration, breathing in and out. Patti Smith rhythmmemoriesart
