Diego Rivera

“The mural is the most disinterested form of art, because it cannot be made a matter of private ownership. It belongs to the people.”

“I paint for the people. I want my art to be a part of their lives, to be something that they can see and understand.”

“What I love most, in this life, is the colour. It's what keeps me alive.”

“I know now that he who hopes to be universal in his art must plant in his own soil.”

“An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core.”

“I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.”

“Art is the universal language and it belongs to all mankind.”

“To be an artist is to believe in life.”

“If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait.”

“July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever... Too late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida.”

“All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescapably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but frequently consciously, propaganda.”

“Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this.”

“From sunrise to sunset, I was on the scaffold, and I was so absorbed in my work that I forgot all about eating and sleeping.”