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 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 tubercu…

- Diego Rivera

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

- Diego Rivera

I know now that he who hopes to be universal in his art must plant in his own soil. Great art is like a tree, which grows in a particular place and h…

- Diego Rivera

Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense with subjects altogether with…

- 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 the most wonderful part of my life…

- Diego Rivera

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

- Diego Rivera

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.

- Diego Rivera

Art is like ham-it nourishes people.

- Diego Rivera