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

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

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

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.

I did not know it then, but Frida had already become the most important fact in my life. And would continue to be, up to the moment she died, 27 years later.

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

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