There are so many great 19th-century photographers, and it's really my favorite period, but the amateurs did such beautiful work. Patti Smith More Quotes by Patti Smith More Quotes From Patti Smith Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being the writer and the misfit. Patti Smith girl taken littles I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife. Patti Smith childhood sibling mother Hey sister, you're just moving too fast, you're screwing up the quota. Patti Smith quota work moving We're a culture more than ever that wants proof of everything, we want things fast, and someone sends you an email, you want to answer in five minutes. We have to allow ourselves nothingness, in our relationships too. Patti Smith email answers culture Social media could be very strong in terms of bringing people together but it also takes up so much of people's time that I wonder if we've lost the ability to daydream. Patti Smith media strong people Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man. Patti Smith santa men thinking If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer. Patti Smith apology regret sorry Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris. Patti Smith gutters paris dies If your label won't let you have the cover you want or sing the songs you want, then leave! Patti Smith labels want song There's nothing cool about being self-destructive. Patti Smith self-destructive-behavior self-destructive self People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything. Patti Smith godmother names people My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets. Patti Smith laundry tragedy mother For I desired, as Youth does, to be taken by the hand and hurled into the world. Patti Smith taken doe hands I worked for Hillary [Clinton] when I was young - when she was running for the Senate. I was fundraising and things, I see all of these people as political in a way that isn't humanistic. I'm just watching and hoping that someone is going to distinguish himself or herself as comprehending what we need. Patti Smith fundraising running people The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair. Patti Smith performing want hair As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer. They don't do that with men - nobody says Picasso, the male artist. Curators call me up and say, "We want your work to be in a show about women artists," and I'm like, why? For Christ's sake, do we have to attach a gender onto everything? Patti Smith musician artist men In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter. Patti Smith painter calling facts I still don't want to be put in the feminist bag. I'm a humanist. Patti Smith bags feminist want All I've ever wanted to do was create freedom. Patti Smith wanted I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town. Patti Smith portland oregon book
