“THE ART/RAT DAWNS AGAIN! ART/RAT KNAWS THRU SPACE/ RUSHING TADPOLES/ A BLACK STREAK ACROSS THE WHITE HOTEL…THE GLASS THAT SEPARATES HIM FROM SOCIETY IS THE TRUE PRISON OF LIGHT…ART/RAT IN THE SHAPE OF A BOY DRESSED IN A COAT OF MILK…ACTION PAINTER…”

—Patti Smith, from the L’Anarchie Flier, 1977; reprinted in The Outlaw Bible of American Literature, 2004.