Patti Smith Quotes About Painting

Quotes about: Painting

• I had gone to Paris to immerse myself in painting and I came back wholly involved in words and rhythms.

  Patti Smith

  Paris, Gone, Painting

  Source: www.oceanstar.com

• 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

  Running, Years, Ideas

  Source: www.spin.com

• Rock & roll is like a painting. Can great paintings still be done? It depends on who holds the brush.

  Patti Smith

  Rocks, Done, Painting

• If I'm really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don't even think about brushing my hair.

  Patti Smith

  Writing, Thinking, Hair

  "Rocker Patti Smith, 'Dream Of Life'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. December 30, 2009.

• The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to do a painting like that yourself, but in doing the work, Pollock shares with you the moment of creative impulse that drove him to do that work.

  Patti Smith

  Artist, Giving, Creative

  "Patti Smith on Art". Interview with Anthony DeCurtis, www.pbs.org. December 30, 2009.

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