Corita Kent



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Corita Kent

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born
November 20, 1918 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, The United States

died
September 18, 1986

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Arts & Photography


About this author

Corita Kent (November 20, 1918 – September 18, 1986), aka Sister Mary Corita Kent, was born Frances Elizabeth Kent in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Kent was an artist and an educator who worked in Los Angeles and Boston. She worked almost exclusively with silkscreen and serigraphy, helping to establish it as a fine art medium. Her artwork, with its messages of love and peace, was particularly popular during the social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s.

At the age of eighteen Kent entered the Roman Catholic order of Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Los Angeles. She also studied at the University of Southern California where she earned her MA in Art History in 1951. Between 1938 and 1968 Kent lived and worked in the Immaculate Heart Community. Sh...more


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Average rating: 4.52 · 42 ratings · 6 reviews · 4 distinct works
Learning by Heart: Teaching...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions
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Damn Every Thing But The Ci...
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To Believe in Man
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Prophets/Now
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979 — 2 editions
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Quotes by Corita Kent

“Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself.”
― Corita Kent
tags: inspiration , self-esteem
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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
tags: life-lessons
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“Consider everything an experiment.”
― Corita Kent
tags: art , productivity
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