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Patti Smith Quotes

Patti Smith quotes about thinking

American Musician, Poet December 20, 1946

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From very early on in my childhood - four, five years old - I felt alien to the human race. I felt very comfortable with thinking I was from another planet, because I felt disconnected - I was very tall and skinny, and I didn't look like anybody else, I didn't even look like any member of my family. Patti Smith
As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the '70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility. Patti Smith
I don't think the Palestinian people or Afghan children or some other things I'm concerned about are at the top of other people's agendas - not right now, when America is going through such a recession and people are suffering across the board financially. But I think all that will change. Patti Smith
We were walking toward the fountain, the epicenter of activity, when an older couple stopped and openly observed us. Robert enjoyed being noticed, and he affectionately squeezed my hand."oh, take their picture," said the woman to her bemused husband, "I think they're artists."Oh, go on," he shrugged. "They're just kids. Patti Smith
An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God. The guy who built the Tower of Babel was the first artist. If I had to check out where I was in other centuries, I was his old lady. If I wasn't the guy, I was his chick. He knew that there was more and God got jealous. Even gods get uptight. Women make gods uptight. Everyone thinks of God as a man -- you can't help it -- Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man. But a man comes once. A woman never stops coming. Patti Smith
Patti, did art get us?' I looked away, not really wanting to think about it. 'I don't know, Robert. I don't know.' Perhaps it did, but no one could regret that. Only a fool would regret being had by art; or a saint. Patti Smith
Patti Smith quote: "Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa..."
Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man. Patti Smith
Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty. Patti Smith
Patti Smith quote: "I don't think," he insisted. "I feel."
I don't think," he insisted. "I feel. Patti Smith
I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer. Patti Smith
I don't think the area of Jerusalem should be part of a Jewish state; it belongs to all people, to Christians and Muslims and the Jewish people. Patti Smith
Patti Smith quote: "I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment."
I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment. Patti Smith
Patti Smith quote: "Christianity made us think there's one heaven."
Christianity made us think there's one heaven. Patti Smith

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