As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those who wanted me to paint not what I saw but what they wished me to see. — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
I did not know it then, but Frida had already become the most important fact in my life. And would continue to be, up… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
“As I rode back to Detroit, a vision of Henry Ford's industrial empire kept passing before my eyes. In my ears, I heard the… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the worst from a pride… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
“In my previous murals, I had tried to achieve a harmony in my painting with the architecture of the building. But to attempt such… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
“I spent the two and one-half months between my meeting with the Art Commission and the beginning of my actual mural work in soaking… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
“From sunrise to sunset, I was in the forest, sometimes far from the house, with my goat who watched me as a mother does… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever. To late now I realized that… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
“While working in California, I met William Valentiner and Edgar Richardson of the Detroit Institute of Arts. I mentioned a desire which I had… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
The artist must try to raise the level of taste of the masses, not debase himself to the level of unformed and impoverished taste. — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense with subjects altogether without… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
