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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

Topics: Became Become Ceremony Coming Drudgery Food Great Groceries Inspiration Like Out People Revelation Shopping Whole

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When art has changed, it's because the world was changing.

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Topics: Art Because Changed Changing World

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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

Topics: Artist Campbell Cans Century Difference Eighteenth Everyday Garden Gentlemen Highway His Ladies Make May Out Real Signs Something Soup Still Swings Takes Today Tries World

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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

Topics: Button Car Contribution Drew Harder John Longer Make Meaning Meant New Original Picture Pope Situation Some Someone Those Try Wearing Which Words

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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

Topics: Andy Andy Warhol Art Cans Coming Coming Home Days Etc Everything Exhibit Home Like Pop Pop Art Saw Soup Take Tomato Warhol You

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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

Topics: Am Art Brave Enough Freely Going Income Income Tax Jail Pay Rather Risk Say Tax Want I Am I Can

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: November 20th, 1918

Died: September 18th, 1986

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