inneroptics: PATTI SMITH   “The moment of creative impulse is what an artist g

inneroptics:

PATTI SMITH 

  “The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can’t give you the tools to do a painting like that yourself, but in doing the work, Pollock shares with you the moment of creative impulse that drove him to do that work. And that continuous exchange—whether it’s with a rock and roll song where you’re communing with Bo Diddley or Little Richard, or it’s with a painting, where you’re communing with Rembrandt or Pollock—is a great thing.”

Patti with the Polaroid. Probably hanging out with Mapplethorpe.