"The artist must try to raise the level……" — 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."
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Diego Rivera
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17 Quotes by Diego Rivera
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I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.
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To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw…
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Never before had a woman put such agonizing poetry on canvas as Frida did
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July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever. To late…
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Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality.
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I did not know it then, but Frida had already become the most important fact in my life. And would…
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Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense…
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I am an atheist and I consider religions to be a form of collective neurosis. I am not an enemy…
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As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been…
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Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the…
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I know now that he who hopes to be universal in his art must plant in his own soil. Great…
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An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can't feel everything that…
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