18 Quotes & Sayings By Corita Kent

Corita Kent is an internationally known visual artist whose artwork has been exhibited in museums and galleries, including the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art. Her paintings are in many private collections around the world, including the Vatican Library. Her work has also appeared on postage stamps, post cards, greeting cards, and posters. She has won numerous art awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.
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Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself. Corita Kent
It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things...
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It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness. Corita Kent
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Consider everything an experiment. Corita Kent
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Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make. Corita Kent
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Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while. Corita Kent
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To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self disciplined is to follow in a better way. Corita Kent
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Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some gods would dream of. Corita Kent
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Flowers grow out of dark moments. Corita Kent
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Earnestness and sincereness are synonymous. Corita Kent
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Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed. Corita Kent
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Love the moment and the energy of the moment will spread beyond all boundaries. Corita Kent
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Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries. Corita Kent
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Words have life and must be cared for. If they are stolen for ugly uses or careless slang or false promotion work, they need to be brought back to their original meaning - back to their roots. Corita Kent
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Groceries became a revelation: the people coming out with bundles of food. It's all like a great ceremony, and the whole drudgery of shopping has become my inspiration. Corita Kent
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Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the woman. Corita Kent
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That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness. Corita Kent
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Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed. Corita Kent