Van Patten is a surname and may refer to:
- Dick Van Patten
- Joyce Van Patten
- Philip Van Patten, pioneer American socialist functionary
- Sarah Van Patten
- Timothy Van Patten
- Vincent Van Patten
Famous quotes containing the words van and/or patten:
“It is not a certain conformity of manners that the painting of Van Gogh attacks, but rather the conformity of institutions themselves. And even external nature, with her climates, her tides, and her equinoctial storms, cannot, after van Gogh’s stay upon earth, maintain the same gravitation.”
—Antonin Artaud (1896–1948)
“Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.”
—Chris Patten (b. 1944)