“I still don't want to be put in the feminist bag. I'm a humanist.”
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Famous Patti Smith Quotes
“When you do controversial work, you're going to upset a certain amount of people.”
“I don't feel that censorship keeps me from doing the work, though. I'm my bigger censor.”
“I always know that everything I do is the best I could do.”
“A lullaby should be timeless because it's a timeless concept - the birth of the child.”
“The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.”
“In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.”
“Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.”
“All I've ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.”
“An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.”
“I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.”