870 Quotes by Patti Smith

All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.

I was born in 1946, so I was born on the tail end of when everything was deemed important. You made things to last. If you came from a poor family, there was only one can opener.

Nothing will stifle your human evolution more than fame and fortune.

Outside of society, if you're looking that's where you'll find me.

I've always considered myself a writer.

I was a sickly child, not very strong physically. I wasn't really the greatest in school. I didn't really excel in anything particularly. But I was happy with who I was.

Love is an angel disguised as lust.

The thing is that as you grow through life, the pursuit of art and the pursuit of new ideas, all these things keeps your mind elastic.

Pissing in a river, watching it rise.