Patti Smith Quotes

If I'm taking a picture of Brancusi's grave, I know that there's something of him, of his mortal remains, beneath my feet, and there's something beautiful about that.

Patti Smith

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BeautifulFeetPictureKnowHim

I watched Janis one time - we opened for her - and that's the only time I ever saw her. We opened for Jimi Hendrix. I got to stand on the side of the stage and watch him for two hours and then he died. But I got the essence before they left.

Stevie Nicks

TimeStandHimTwoStageSide

We engineered activity out of our lives in the name of convenience. We created foods that put fried, fatty, sweet, and salty ahead of fresh, natural, and healthy. We quickly sacrifice sleep to work longer hours in pursuit of the American Dream. Even when we do these things with good intentions, they have life-threatening consequences.

Tom Rath

WorkGoodAmerican DreamSleepSweet

I have daughters who are writers and actors but no musicians.

Rosanne Cash

MusiciansWhoDaughtersWriters

Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.

Michael Schudson

IgnoranceAdvertisingCriticismMost

This pro-choice issue is a legal issue that should be decided by the courts.

Michael T. Flynn

LegalPro-ChoiceCourtsShouldIssue

You tend to find the best in yourself as an artist when you're challenged.

Jay Kristoff

BestYourselfYouArtistFindTend

My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.

Jon Lovitz

PeopleWorldBetterLaughYouI Can

Few people sufficiently appreciate the colossal task of feeding a world of billions of omnivores who demand meat with their potatoes.

Jonathan Safran Foer

PeopleWorldAppreciateMeatTask

In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect life there more powerfully and stealthily than speeches, or even legislation. Imagined worlds can lodge deeply in the private sphere, dislodging much else, especially when the public sphere is fragile.

Colm Toibin

LifeWritingCreationStrangeMore

No one knows what an amazing spirit she was. She wasn't only a mother; she was a best friend.

Bobbi Kristina Brown

FriendMotherBestAmazingSheOnly

Ads get a bad reputation sometimes because they're not useful. They're not relevant, or slow.

Susan Wojcicki

ReputationSlowBadSometimesGet

The discourse of sovereignty is a relative one when a crisis has become a global crisis.

Peter Maurer

CrisisBecomeDiscourseSovereignty

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