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

Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality.

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 an enemy of the sick, only their good friend in order to help them cure themselves.

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.

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

My cubist paintings are my most Mexican.