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Hopefully if you create something fine, people will relate to it, so you're communicating with people, and you're not in a void. On the other hand, because you're always creating and transforming, art always separates you - always.

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
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Patricia Lee Smith
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