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What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.

Patti Smith

I’m not really a nostalgic person.
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Nostalgic Person Really
Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
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Fun Go Inspirational Letting
I’m a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I’m happy.
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Communicate Embrace Need People
Even as a child, I knew what I didn’t want. I didn’t want to wear red lipstick.
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Children Lipstick Need Red
I’ve always considered myself a writer.
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Always Consider Myself Writer
Everybody’s got to reclaim these thingspoetry, rock’n’roll, political activismand it’s got to be done over and over again. It’s like eating: you can’t say,’Oh, I ate yesterday’.You have to eat again.
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Political Rock Yesterday
I refuse to believe that Hendrix had the last possessed hand, that Joplin had the last drunken throat, that Morrison had the last enlightened mind.
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Believe Hand Mind
One day we’ll go in together, and the work will be ours.
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Day One Together Work
I was quite an insomniac. I rarely slept as a child. Having God to talk to at night was nice.
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Children Nice Night
Well, I’m not one of those people who needs the limelight. If I’m performing, that’s what I’m doing. If I’m not, I don’t long for it. I don’t need the approval of an audience, or applause.
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Limelight Long Need People Perform
The two things that constantly inspired me were books and travel.
PATTI SMITH

Book Inspired Two
Trust is everything between two artists, or between subject and artist. You have to have trust or nothing good will come out of it.
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Artist Nothing Subject Two
Vowels are the most illuminated letters in the alphabet. Vowels are the colors and souls of poetry and speech. (1976 Penthouse interview)
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Color Soul Vowel
Writing is not some quiet, closet act.
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Closets Quiet Writing
I knew if I lived long enough I would be poet laureate of something.
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Laureate Long Poet
I think it’s important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a time that had magic.
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Live Magic Naive People Think

What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.

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