Diego Rivera

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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