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All art is propaganda. ... The only difference is the kind of propaganda. Since art is essential for human life, it can't just belong to the few. Art is the universal language, and it belongs to all mankind. All painters have been propagandists or else they have not been painters. ... Every artist who has been worth anything in art has been such a propagandist. ... Every strong artist has been a propagandist. I want to be a propagandist and I want to be nothing else. ... I want to use my art as a weapon.

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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.

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I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.

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I do not believe in God, yet I believe in Picasso.

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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.

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Art is like ham-it nourishes people.

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