“I have seen Colonial churches since I was very small, Colonial paintin...” — Fernando Botero Quote

“I have seen Colonial churches since I was very small, Colonial painting and polychrome sculpture. And that was all I saw. There was not a single modern painting in any museum, not a Picasso, not a Braque, not a Chagall. The museums had Colombian painters from the eighteenth century and, of course, I saw Pre-Columbian art. That was my exposure.”

“The circus leaves a sweet memory.”

“People say, 'What a discipline, painting so much.' I say, 'No, I love it.' Nothing amuses me as much as my work. To have discipline would be not to paint.”

“A lot of churches have not moved with the times.”

“No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers.”

“Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.”