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I'm not a critic. I'm not a journalist. I'm not a philosopher. Arguing that punk has run its course is like saying painting ran its course after the Renaissance. Punk is an idea. It's freedom. And it'll be around 200 years from now for the people who want it.

Patti Smith

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
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Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they do, but I don't think I have any 'minor disciplines.'
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I always know that everything I do is the best I could do.
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With the death of Robert Mapplethorpe, I had lost my main collaborator in taking photographs. So I didn't know who to work with.
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Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, love is a banquet on which we feed.
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I knew if I lived long enough I would be poet laureate of something.
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Freedom is...the right to write the wrong words.
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Artists are traditionally resistant to labels.
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I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates.
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People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti.
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I know I'm a strong performer. I'm not an evolved musician.
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My mother answers all my fan mail.
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I'm a total failure at housewifery. I always have been, 'cause I daydream too much. If I start doing the dishes at one in the afternoon, I'll still be there at six in the evening.
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I love being alive. I like being a human being.
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When I was a kid, I loved Sherlock Holmes. I'm not interested in crimes. I'm interested in the mind of the detective and his process, which to me is a lot like the artist.
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I still don't want to be put in the feminist bag. I'm a humanist.
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I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female I'm an artist.
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