Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not.
PATTI SMITHFor Christmas every year, my mother used to give me those cheap little diaries that would tell your horoscope and provide a little blank slot for each day.
More Patti Smith Quotes
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Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
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I was quite an insomniac. I rarely slept as a child. Having God to talk to at night was nice.
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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.
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Even as a child, I knew what I didn’t want. I didn’t want to wear red lipstick.
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I felt alien my whole life but I didn’t feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.
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I’ve always considered myself a writer.
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A good artist’s always got his hand in his zipper.
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Writing is not some quiet, closet act.
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Should I pursue a path so twisted? Should I crawl defeated and gifted?
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I was never a singer, I can’t play any instruments, I had no training. Plus, I was brought up in a time when all the great rock stars were male. I didn’t have any template for what I was doing. I did what I did out of frustration and concern.
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The film [Dream of Life] doesn’t hide anything, except maybe moments of sorrow or darkness that belonged to me.
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The two things that constantly inspired me were books and travel.
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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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Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, love is a banquet on which we feed.
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Life isn’t some vertical or horizontal line — you have your own interior world, and it’s not neat.
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