Frida Kahlo

Artist

1907-07-06 – 1954-07-13

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for self-portraits that explore identity, pain, and the body. Her work integrates Mexican folk culture, symbolism, and autobiographical themes. She became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

Quotes by Frida Kahlo

You too know that all my eyes see, all I touch with myself, from any distance, is Diego. The caress of fabrics, the color of colors, the wires, the nerves, the pencils, the leaves, the dust, the cells, the war and the sun, everything experienced in the minutes of the non-clocks and the non-calendars and the empty non-glances, is him.
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I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of —madness—. Then: I'd arrange flowers, all day long, I'd paint; pain, love and tenderness, I would laugh as much as I feel like at the stupidity of others, and they would all say: "Poor thing, she's crazy!" (Above all I would laugh at my own stupidity.) I would build my world which while I lived, would be in agreement with all the worlds. The day, or the hour, or the minute that I lived would be mine and everyone else's - my madness would not be an escape from —reality—.
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I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.
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I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
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I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.
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Feet, what do I need them forIf I have wings to fly.
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Feet, what do I need them forIf I have wings to fly.
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I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.
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I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
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You too know that all my eyes see, all I touch with myself, from any distance, is Diego. The caress of fabrics, the color of colors, the wires, the nerves, the pencils, the leaves, the dust, the cells, the war and the sun, everything experienced in the minutes of the non-clocks and the non-calendars and the empty non-glances, is him.
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I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.
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I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of —madness—. Then: I'd arrange flowers, all day long, I'd paint; pain, love and tenderness, I would laugh as much as I feel like at the stupidity of others, and they would all say: "Poor thing, she's crazy!" (Above all I would laugh at my own stupidity.) I would build my world which while I lived, would be in agreement with all the worlds. The day, or the hour, or the minute that I lived would be mine and everyone else's - my madness would not be an escape from —reality—.
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I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
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I was a child who went about in a world of colors... My friends, my companions, became women slowly; I became old in instants.
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I am my own muse, the subject I know best.
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I find that Americans completely lack sensibility and good taste. They are boring, and they all have faces like unbaked rolls.
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To paint is the most terrific thing that there is, but to do it well is very difficult.
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My toys were those of a boy: skates, bicycles.
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I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
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Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
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