Corita Kent
Corita Kent
Corita Kent, aka Sister Mary Corita Kent, was born Frances Elizabeth Kent in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Kent was an American Catholic nun, artist, and educator who lived and worked in Los Angeles and Boston...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth20 November 1918
CountryUnited States of America
children artist creating
Not all of us are painters but we are all artists. Each time we fit things together we are creating - whether it is to make a loaf of bread, a child, a day.
carpe-diem way looks
To understand is to stand under which is to look up to which is a good way to understand.
creative talent ability
Creative ability is often mistakenly attributed to inborn talent. It is about all the ability to connect one thing with another.
love life happiness
Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.
jesus important steps
One of the things Jesus did was to step aside from the organized religion of his time because it had become corrupt and bogged down with rules. Rules became more important than feeding the hungry.
artist juxtaposition connections
To create is to relate. We trust in the artist in everybody to make his own connections, his own juxtapositions.
hope flower darkness
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.
jobs tired happy-times
When you are not separate from the creative process, time ceases to exist. You might start to feel tired and suddenly realize that much time has passed. It isn't necessarily a happy time - and may be very difficult to start if it is a job or an obligation. But if' you start with all the concrete needs and proceed in a thorough way - the creative process will take over and you will forget whether it is work or play. Working in the here and now is one of the most uncontaminated ways to work.
offering together special
Celebration is a kind of food we all need in our lives, and each individual brings a special recipe or offering, so that together we will make a great feast. Celebration is a human need that we must not, and can not, deny. It is richer and fuller when many work and then celebrate together.
love inspirational life
Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.
imagination experiments productivity
Consider everything an experiment.
life motivational positive
Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.
life mistake winning
Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.