At times, he paid homage to the Soviet regime in his work, and yet in the 1960s his sometimes shocking innovations of form, his paradoxical mode of thinking, and his use of stylization allowed things to be viewed in a fresh and ironic way.
Til tider hyldede Zariņš det sovjetiske regime i sit arbejde, og alligevel i 1960'erne var hans til tider chokerende nyskabelser af form, hans paradoksale tankegang, og hans brug af stilisering tilladte ting, der skal betragtes på en frisk og ironisk måde.