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Alfredo Arreguín Quotes

1935–2023 United States

Alfredo Arreguín (January 30, 1935 – April 24, 2023) was a Mexican-American painter. For sixty years, he worked out of his adopted home of Seattle, Washington, producing his signature style of pattern paintings that sourced his Mexican culture and his experience in the Pacific Northwest.

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Random Alfredo Arreguín quote

5 quotes

The arts are a wonderful medicine for the soul.

Interview (2021)

We were poor, but we were happy. We didn’t have much, but we were painting.

Interview (2001)

When I later came to the U.S., I was a foreigner. And I wasn’t part of Mexico, either. I didn’t feel like I fit in anywhere.

Interview (2001)

(Any advice for young artists beginning their professional life?) Work hard, find your own voice, and persevere.

Interview (2015)

When I was a kid, I watched Tarzan movies. At that time the movies were black and white, and I wanted to put color in them. That was a big stimulus for me, and it made my imagination work.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alfredo Arreguín (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.