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An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.

The thing is that as you grow through life, the pursuit of art and the pursuit of new ideas, all these things keeps your mind elastic.

From Patti Smith

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.

From Patti Smith

I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that, but in the end, I'm just a person.

From Patti Smith

Maybe I'll be 48 and die in the gutter in Paris.

From Patti Smith

The thing is, it's not uncool to worry about people who seem like they're going on the wrong path. There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.

From Patti Smith

I don't stay in one discipline because it's more lucrative than another. In fact, the most successful thing I ever did was 'Just Kids,' for which I had absolutely no expectations.

From Patti Smith

Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.

From Patti Smith

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

From Patti Smith

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.

From Patti Smith

Patti Smith

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