"They are so damn 'intellectual' and rotten that I can't stand them anymore.... I [would] rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those 'artist…"

"I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the most frank expression of myself."

"Diego, there have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst."

"It was not violent but rather silent, slow, and it harmed everybody. And me most of all."

"I wish I could write all the things I feel, but I can't."