I started resenting how much art robs from life. I’d go to a party and I couldn’t enjoy myself, even sexually. All I could think was how I was going to reinvent the experience into a piece of art.
I think it’s important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a time that had magic.
I know from an early age that I’m very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I’d love giving book reports.
I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It’s just the trajectory of my work. I go to the medium that serves the vision.
As I grew up, one of my strongest allies has been my sister.
For me, personally, I think drugs are sacred and should be used for work. That’s what I believe in. Drugs have a real shamanistic value. I can handle drugs. I’ve never had a problem.
People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti...
I’m a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I’m happy.
Ultimately, we are not seeking others to bow to, but to reinforce our individual natures, to help us suffer our own choices, to guide us on our own particular journeys.
I liked being on stage, I just didn’t like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.
Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not.
Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world.
Those who have suffered understand suffering and therefore extend their hand.
People have the power to redeem the work of fools.
I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn’t really like dressing for parts.
All I’ve ever wanted, since I was a child, was to do something wonderful.
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.
I think I’m constantly in a state of adjustment.
If I’m really working on something, writing or painting or really concentrating, I don’t even think about brushing my hair.
Should I pursue a path so twisted? Should I crawl defeated and gifted?