870 Quotes by Patti Smith

I imagined a lot of things. That I would shine. That I’d be good. I’d dwell bareheaded on a summit turning a wheel that would turn the earth undetected, amongst the clouds, I would have some influence; be of some avail.

People don’t realize we have these built-in seven-league boots. The body can go anywhere. It is physically capable of sustaining almost any kind of abuse, or any dream.

I don’t know about that. I’m not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I’ve often quoted Walt Whitman’s phrase “I contain multitudes.” I understand that.

People say the media is feeding the public’s hunger for celebrity news, but that’s the drug pusher’s mentality. I don’t think anybody would be pining for news about Angelina Jolie’s babies if it weren’t being given to them in the first place.

Nothing can be truly replicated. Not a love, not a jewel, not a single line.

Hey sister, you’re just moving too fast, you’re screwing up the quota.

Nothing was spoken, it was just mutually understood.

I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn’t really like dressing for parts.

I was too curious about the future to look back.