Patti Smith Quotes — Page 28

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Musician

Philosophical

“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.”

Thinking Art Regret

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Patti Smith

Musician

Spiritual

“I studied the Bible seriously until I was young teenager. It was always part of our home education: talking about the Bible, arguing about the Bible, interpreting it. So I don't connect prayer or scriptures with any particular religion so it's not a contradiction in my life.”

Home Prayer Teenager

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Funny

“Ultimately, I want to make everyone horny.”

Want Music

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Spiritual

“Everything distracted me, but most of all myself.”

Distracted

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Creative

“After writing all day I go for a walk and see a piece of architecture i want to photograph and i have to take a picture and later a poem comes in my mind.”

Writing Mind Pieces

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Spiritual

“I was like one of the boys in school who flap their legs frantically under the desk. I always had this weird feeling between my legs and I had no idea what it was. I didn't know girls masturbated. I never touched myself or anything.”

School Girl Boys

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Optimistic

“The things I thought would happen didn't. Things I never anticipated unfolded.”

Happens

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Philosophical

“I don't think people should do biopics of living people. I'm totally opposed to that.”

People Thinking

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Lonely

“I never had any dates. I never really had any boyfriends. I was the girl who did the guys' homework. I was really crazy about guys but I was always like one of the boys. The guys I always fell in love with were completely inaccessible.”

Girl Boys Crazy

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Romantic

“I didn't want any middle-of-the-road creep. I always wanted the toughest guy in school, the guy from south Philly who wore tight black pants. Y'know, the guy who carried the umbrella and wore white shirts with real thin black ties. I was really nuts over this guy named Butchie Magic 'cause he let me carry his switchblade.”

Real School White

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Love

“I was always trying to pick guys up. I'd ask guys out and stuff like that. I had no pride. I was the biggest lurch at dances, waiting for the ladies' choice. I'd lunge at my prey like a baby wolf.”

Baby Pride Always Trying

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Spiritual

“Just because I've extricated myself from religion doesn't mean I'm not interested in the scriptures. I look at the Bible as itself. It's a holy book, it has incredible literature in it and beautiful poetry.”

Mean Book Beautiful

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