Roberto Mamani Mamani, one of Bolivia's foremost painters, has a very personal sense of mission. His paintings are more than a passive representation of the life-style and culture of the Aymara Indians of the Bolivian altiplano. Through his work he seeks to preserve and stimulate an alternative vision that of the modern, industrialized twentieth century. "We have moved away from the serene life that my descendants lived... What's important to me is to show that we (the Aymara) have another culture with other values, principles, other ways of seeing the world", he says.

(The original texts from: Extrai´do dela revista "Ame´ricas" de la OEA. Abril de 1998, Washington DC. Referenced, AGUILAR, Alvaro Cuellar(ed.): Pintores Bolivianos contempora´neos "MAMANI MAMANI",Santillana de Ediciones S.A.,La Paz, Bolivia,2005 P.9)