That element, better and more pure, ... is his deep-felt but also joyful concern for man, animal and things. It is the profound empathy with his surroundings which makes the works of this man, so naked, so defenseless, so hurt by the heavens and the people, more significant than those of many of his contemporaries. [...] Neither the paintings of Orozco, or Siqueiros or Diego [Rivera] contain sympathy, joy or compassion.
Octavio Paz on Revueltas