Patti Smith Quotes About Gender

Quotes about: Gender

• As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.

  Patti Smith

  Sex, Gender, Drag

• 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.

  Patti Smith

  Writing, Artist, Drawing

• I don't care whether they're men or women, that's bullshit. A good writer can get into any gender, can get into any mouth. When I write I may be a Brando creep, or a girl laying on the floor, or a Japanese tourist, or a slob like Richard Speck. You have to be a chameleon when you're writing.

  Patti Smith

  Girl, Writing, Men

  Source: www.oceanstar.com

• The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't an active part of it because I was more concerned with my own mental pursuits.

  Patti Smith

  Issues, Feminist, Movement

  "The life and deaths of Patti Smith". Interview with Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2008.

• I've never felt grounded because of my ancestry or my gender. I think until women get away from that they're not going to be great writers.

  Patti Smith

  Thinking, Ancestry, Gender

  Source: www.oceanstar.com

• I'm more concerned with the work people do than their gender. When I was younger, I was pretty judgmental. Things had to be a certain way. Now I just want to see the work. It doesn't matter who does it.

  Patti Smith

  People, Doe, Want

  Source: www.spin.com

• As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer. They don't do that with men - nobody says Picasso, the male artist. Curators call me up and say, "We want your work to be in a show about women artists," and I'm like, why? For Christ's sake, do we have to attach a gender onto everything?

  Patti Smith

  Artist, Men, Musician

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• I felt alien my whole life but I didn't feel alien because of my gender. Other people made me aware of my gender.

  Patti Smith

  People, Aliens, Gender

  "The life and deaths of Patti Smith". Interview with Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2008.

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