Patti Smith Quotes

I love reality. I love the world. I love the smell of it. I love it.

I want to stay in the moment and enjoy the great things that are happening.

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.

He believes in romance. He isn't merely going through the mechanical movements of a man in an exciting situation. He is, vitally and positively squeezing the last drop of delight from living the best life he knows in the best way he can.

There are so many amazing parts to life, so many amazing things to write about.

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

I wake up with a sense of wonder. I don't dread the future. I like it.

The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.

To my young friends out there: Life can be great, but not when you can't see it. So, open your eyes to life: to see it in the vivid colors that God gave us as a precious gift to His children, to enjoy life to the fullest, and to make it count. Say yes to your life.

I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them.

I wake up every day and I think, 'I'm breathing! It's a good day.'

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle.

The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it.

When the seasons shift, even the subtle beginning, the scent of a promised change, I feel something stir inside me. Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? Whatever it is, it's welcome.

It's been fun. I've had a lucky life. Art has made me pull the best out of myself.

I do take very good care of myself, and I'm always in love. And by that I mean I have an appetite for life. I'm in love with beauty and things and people and love and being in love, and those things I think, on the inside, show on the outside.

I'm a great believer in the beauty and the power of surprise.

I am delighted, excited, and deeply honored.

I always think that today is the best day that there's ever been. The song that I'm working on is always the best song I've ever written. The woman I'm looking at is the most incomprehensibly beautiful woman I've ever seen. These dogs that I have now are, by far, the best dogs I've ever had - although, so were the last pair of dogs I had.

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.

It's always great when you discover someone.

As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world.

I love life. There's so much to learn and see all the time, and nothing nicer for me than to wake up, and the sky is blue.