"A real prison breakfast' I said.'Yeah, but we are free.'And that summed it up."

Freedom, Gratitude, Perspective, Choice

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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"

Pat Conroy, American Writer

Freedom, When, Independence, Write

"When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Freedom, Control, Truth, Wisdom

"If we preach God, it means we preach light. Consequently we preach freedom from ignorance."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Freedom, Preaching, God, Light

"Freedom for freedoms sake."

R. Alan Woods, American Author

Freedom, Autonomy, Philosophy, Liberty

"As long as you don't kill someone or seriously maim them, sure, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as you have a good time."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Freedom, Fun, Judgment, Behavior

"So many birds sitting around, on a dead wire, a bare branch, a cold ground, a drifting seashore; never realizing the glory in their wings and where it can take them, nor the envy as we look on them."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Freedom, Birds, Envy, Potential

"When you are imprisoned by the rules of conformity, it tames your imaginative capacity and steals your free thinking abilities."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Freedom, Imprisonment, Conformity, Imagination

"Liberation begins with liberation of mind, soul and body."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Freedom, Liberation, Mind, Soul, Body

"You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Freedom, Empowerment, Forgiveness, Strength, LettingGo

"No man can claim to be free in real terms unless he is fully in control of his own destiny!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Freedom, Truth, Power, Life

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"Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire."

Desire

"Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man."

God

"Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star."

Artist

"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."

Artist

"I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife."

Mother

"I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that, but in the end, I'm just a person."

Self

"Personally, I'm not much for symbolism. I never get it. Why can't things be just as they are? I never thought to psychoanalyze Seymour Glass or sought to break down 'Desolation Row.' I just wanted to get lost, become one with somewhere else, slip a wreath on a steeple top solely because I wished it."

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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"

"When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free."

"If we preach God, it means we preach light. Consequently we preach freedom from ignorance."

"Freedom for freedoms sake."

"As long as you don't kill someone or seriously maim them, sure, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as you have a good time."

"So many birds sitting around, on a dead wire, a bare branch, a cold ground, a drifting seashore; never realizing the glory in their wings and where it can take them, nor the envy as we look on them."

"When you are imprisoned by the rules of conformity, it tames your imaginative capacity and steals your free thinking abilities."

"Liberation begins with liberation of mind, soul and body."

"You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong."

"No man can claim to be free in real terms unless he is fully in control of his own destiny!"

Explore more quotes by Patti Smith

"Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire."

"Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man."

"Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star."

"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."

"Artists are traditionally resistant to labels."

"In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter."

"Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?"

"I had a really happy childhood - my siblings were great, my mother was very fanciful, and I loved to read. But there was always financial strife."

"I'm a human being, I'm a friend, I'm a mom, I'm a writer, and I'm an artist. I do play electric guitar and all of that, but in the end, I'm just a person."