Patti Smith Quotes

Everyone is creative, but we are only as creative as we allow ourselves to be.

I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.

I don't fight creativity. I don't fight against not being creative. If I'm not being creative, I'm not forcing it.

I think there's a deep impulse in most humans to do creative stuff, whether that's music or art, photography or writing. Most people at some point in their life say they want to do something creative - they want to be an actor, a director, a writer, a poet, a painter or whatever.

Being a songwriter does not rely on an audience or other band members or a camera. I can just sit in a room and write songs.

I think everyone has the potential to be creative, but they have to find the avenue or avenues that work for them.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal.

Make good art.

I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.

I just find my creativity manifesting a bunch of different ways.

There's no wrong way of doing art. It's an expression of the individual.

Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.

Life is a painting, and you are the artist. You have on your palette all the colors in the spectrum - the same ones available to Michaelangelo and DaVinci.

When I was younger and obsessed with becoming an artist, the hospital was my New York loft apartment. I would move the furniture around to create space on the floor, throw down some sheets and indulge in any form of art that I could get my hands on.

Everything that I've ever made in my life is from my instinct.

I like to stay in the space of creativity, and I want to go towards that all the time.

It is important for the creative juices to find an outlet, otherwise they stagnate.

I truly believe that everyone can be creative; you just need to find your form of expression.

I follow my inspiration to wherever it goes. I do want the fans to feel the fun and excitement about it, and I like for people to be able to make their own interpretations about my work.

You have to - you have to allow something to tell you what it wants to be.

The artist in me welcomes another opportunity to be creative.