Patti Smith Quotes

I have so many themes I want to explore, so many questions I'd like to raise and develop, and hopefully, I'll get to do just that.

I can't imagine not being in a phase where I'm trying to understand something or create something. That's the essence of life.

That's how you continue your passion and find inspiration; getting new ideas, getting new looks and new visions. Those are ways to evolve and stay passionate.

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

I've always been a great believer that you have to keep producing new things in order to keep life interesting - not only for ourselves, but for the audience as well. That's really always been our principle and way of working.

To create something you must be something.

We will always have more to discover, more to invent, more to understand and that's much closer to art and literature than any science.

I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.

Somebody can say they don't understand why somebody drifts. But I've always found people who drift interesting, 'cause it shows me the game's not stagnant in their own head. They're thinking.

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

Sometimes people invent things because they want to stay alive or feed their children or conquer the village next door. But just as often, new ideas come into the world simply because they're fun. And here's the really strange thing: many of those playful but seemingly frivolous inventions ended up sparking momentous transformations in science, in politics and society.

The new idea for me now is creativity. I like to express myself.

I want my children to experience as much creativity as possible. That's what sets your mind on fire.

I love the challenge of new ideas.

The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every way. Without that, I don't know if I'd be a writer.

I am a very curious person, not just about my life in music. I love arts and creativity.

Being open to the unexpected allows me to bring so much to my craft.

When you're bored, you get creative.

I think a really great creative person is almost by nature incredibly curious and digging deeply into cultures and technologies and getting all this input and using it to make things better - basically, creating better solutions.

I read, I watch a lot of movies, I'm constantly living, so I'm constantly having more to say.

I'm never short of inspiration. There are always new ideas - and new adventures.

The greatest creators are as hungry to consume as they are to create.