#tis

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

#because #drawing #felt #female #gender

Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty. ↗

— Patti Smith

#artist #aspires #built-in #calling #duty

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist. ↗

— Patti Smith

#does #fact #feel #freedom #i

The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication. ↗

— Patti Smith

#coming #communication #engaged #hollywood #materialistic

I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over. ↗

— Will Smith

#biggest #catholic #catholic church #church #crush

Artists are expected to fit into fraudulent categories. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#categories #expected #fit #fraudulent #into

Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#artists #confined #output #their #themselves

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#artist #asking #confinement #cultural #curator

Language thus becomes monumental because of the mutations of advertising. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#because #becomes #language #monumental #mutations

Some artists imagine they've got a hold on this apparatus, which in fact has got a hold of them. As a result, they end up supporting a cultural prison that is out of their control. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#artists #control #cultural #end #fact