"My cubist paintings are my most Mexican."

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Source : Gerry Souter, Diego Rivera (2007). “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera”, Parkstone Press International

Diego Rivera

#Mexican Quotes #Painting Quotes

“Clea and I were touring one of the cathedrals in Italy, and in front of the whole tour I go 'That's so cute! Look, they have birdbaths in the church!”
“I do not worship matter; I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake.”
“Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel.”
“People are too hung up on winning. I can get off on a really good helmet throw.”

Source : Bill Lee (2003). “The Little Red (Sox) Book: A Revisionist Red Sox History”, Triumph Books (IL)
“How many writers in history have ever been as famous as Stephen King? He casts an awfully long shadow.”
“You don't see a lot of MBAs as CEOs. The MBAs tend to get hired by the CEOs.”
“I had always been aware that the Universe is sad; everything in it, animate or inanimate, the wild creatures, the stones, the stars, was enveloped in the great sadness, pervaded by it. Existence had no use. It was without end or reason. The most beautfiul things in it, a flower or a song, as well as the most compelling, a desire or a thought, were pointless. So great a sorrow. And I knew that the only rest from my anxietyâ€”for I had been trembling even in infancyâ€”lay in acknowledging and absorbing this sadness.”

Source : Hayden Carruth (1998). “Reluctantly: Autobiographical Essays”, p.4, Copper Canyon Press
“I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.”

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