Diego Rivera Artist Quotations

The artist must try to raise the level of taste of the masses, not debase himself to the level of unformed and impoverished taste.

The rôle of the artist is that of a soldier of the revolution.

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't capable of loving until he forgets himself and sacrifices himself if necessary, if he won't put down his magic brush and head the fight against the oppressor, then he isn't a great artist.

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.

To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life