870 Quotes by Patti Smith

Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive.

I think guys are more emotional. Men are supposed to be the strong ones, they have pressure on them to be strong, but when it comes to sex men are much more emotional than women.

This has happened before. Sometimes, publishers recall titles because of factual errors or litigation. ... A publisher makes a request. We will comply with it.

I never thought I was gonna live to 30.

I'm from South Jersey: The idea of eating a roll with olive oil and anchovies or some kind of sardine and drinking mint tea definitely comes from reading Paul Bowles.

I just do my work, and I work every day, and my ambition is just to do something better than I last did.

The cult of celebrity in the '60s and '70s was really more reserved for movie stars or high socialites. Paparazzi didn't care about Janis Joplin.

I think masturbating is a really important function in art. People don't like to hear that kind of stuff, but it's true.

C'mon, I mean who didn't listen to 'The Who' in the 60s?