“ I am an atheist and I consider religions to be a form of collective neurosis. I am not an enemy of the Catholics, as I am not an enemy of the tuberculars, the myopic or the paralytics; you cannot be a… Diego Rivera
“ Marx made theory... Lenin applied it with his sense of large-scale social organization... And Henry Ford made the work of the socialist state possible. 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 to paint a series of murals about the industries of the Un… 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 up impressions of the productive activities of the city. I studied i… 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 a child. All the animals in the forest became my friends, even dangerous and poi… Diego Rivera
“ 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
“ Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the worst from a pride in mere talent. Diego Rivera
“ I knew how one climbing the mountain of worldly success can slip down into the river below without being conscious of the descent till he is already drowning. Diego Rivera
“ An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can’t feel everything that humanity feels, if the artist isn’tcapable of loving until he forgets himself and sacrifice… Diego Rivera
