Ethics Quote by Diego Rivera

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

“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

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

“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

Only the work of art itself can raise the standard of taste.

— Diego Rivera

Art is like ham-it nourishes people.

— Diego Rivera

“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

“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

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

“you have to trust a TRUE compliment as muc as a critique.”

— Diego Rivera

“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

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