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

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

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.

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

Every good composition is above all a work of abstraction. All good painters know this. But the painter cannot dispense with subjects altogether without his work suffering impoverishment.

Only the work of art itself can raise the standard of taste.