870 Quotes by Patti Smith

I know fashion is a material thing, but we live in a material world and I love clothes.

When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.

My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.

The thing I've always liked about performing is that I decide what I want to wear, whether I want to comb my hair.

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

I walk alone, assaulted it seems, by tears from heaven.

Obviously, I'm not homeless. I'm not an old alcoholic. I'm not jumping trains. I just like to live in a certain way.

Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.

Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.