Regard everything as an experiment. Corita Kent More Quotes by Corita Kent More Quotes From Corita Kent Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make. Corita Kent winningmistakelife Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed. Corita Kent motivationalpositivelife 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. Corita Kent creatingartistchildren 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. Corita Kent womenreligionjesus Consider everything an experiment. Corita Kent productivityexperimentsimagination 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. Corita Kent happy-timestiredjobs 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. Corita Kent happinesslovelife A painting is a symbol for the universe. Inside it, each piece relates to the other. Each piece is only answerable to the rest of that little world. So, probably in the total universe, there is that kind of total harmony, but we get only little tastes of it. Corita Kent piecestastelittles Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries. Corita Kent inspirationallovelife Creative ability is often mistakenly attributed to inborn talent. It is about all the ability to connect one thing with another. Corita Kent abilitytalentcreative 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. Corita Kent offeringspecialtogether In this speedy world of ours when facts are multiplying rapidly and giant rearrangements are happening all around us, it seems dangerous to be made nervous by the new - to want what we can never have, to want things not to be rearranged. It would be better to be able to take the leap, which is to be able not only to live with change and newness, but even to help make it. Corita Kent carpe-diemgiantswould-be Women's liberation is the liberation of the feminine in the man and the masculine in the woman. Corita Kent masculine-and-femininefeminismmen 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 flowerdarknesshope Art does not come from thinking but from responding. Corita Kent doeartthinking To understand is to stand under which is to look up to which is a good way to understand. Corita Kent carpe-diemlooksway Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself. Corita Kent confidencelove-yourselfself-esteem When you get past making labels for things, it is possible to combine and transform elements into new things. Look at things until their import, identity, name, use, and description have dissolved. Corita Kent identitynamespast Creativity belongs to the artist in each of us. To create means to relate. The root meaning of the word art is 'to fit together' and we all do this every day. Corita Kent creativitymeanart To create is to relate. We trust in the artist in everybody to make his own connections, his own juxtapositions. Corita Kent juxtapositionconnectionsartist
