Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some gods would dream of. Corita Kent More Quotes by Corita Kent More Quotes From Corita Kent Flowers grow out of dark moments. Corita Kent womenangelflower Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while. Corita Kent trying If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all the time who eventually catch on to things. Corita Kent working-itworkpeople Regard everything as an experiment. Corita Kent regardexperiments That's why people listen to music or look at paintings. To get in touch with that wholeness. Corita Kent paintingpeoplelooks Life stands still when mankind is afraid to take a chance. Corita Kent take-a-chancemankindchance To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self disciplined is to follow in a better way. Corita Kent productivityselfway A responsible person is one who responds. Corita Kent responsible-personresponsiblepersons Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous. Corita Kent earnestnesssincerityinspirational I am not brave enough to not pay my income tax and risk going to jail. But I can say rather freely what I want to say with my art. Corita Kent jailbraveart 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 wordsuglyworklife 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 greatshoppingfoodpeople You can enjoy the quality of the ad and not let them pressure you to buy what you don't really need. I have had fun taking back superlatives and just ordinary good words and phrases from ads and trying to restore some of their life to them. Corita Kent goodyouqualitylife In the eighteenth century, it was ladies and gentlemen and swings in a garden; today, it may be Campbell's soup cans or highway signs. There is no real difference. The artist still takes his everyday world and tries to make something out of it. Corita Kent gardenartisttodayworld Damn everything but the circus. Corita Kent everythingcircusdamn When someone drew a picture of Pope John wearing an Avis 'We try harder' button, those words no longer meant which car rental to patronize, and yet some of the overtones from its original meaning are there and make a contribution to the new situation. Corita Kent picturewordssituationcar Take an exhibit, in the days when we saw the Pop art - Andy Warhol and all that - tomato soup cans, etc., and coming home, you saw everything like A. Warhol. Corita Kent yousouphomeart When art has changed, it's because the world was changing. Corita Kent becausechangedworldart Someone remarked that the newspapers or the news magazines are the same as the psalms except that the names changed in the stories. Maybe you can't understand the psalms without understanding the newspaper and the other way around. Corita Kent understandyouunderstandingway
