THERE HAVE BEEN TWO MAJOR ACCIDENTS IN MY LIFE. ONE WAS THE CART AND THE OTHER WAS DIEGO. DIEGO WAS BY FAR THE WORST.
FRIDA KAHLO
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO MAJOR ACCIDENTS IN MY LIFE. ONE WAS THE CART AND THE OTHER WAS DIEGO. DIEGO WAS BY FAR THE WORST.
FRIDA KAHLO
ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU WRITE TO ME, THE MEDITERRANEAN IS WONDERFULLY BLUE. WILL I EVER KNOW HER? I DON’T THINK SO, BECAUSE I WASN’T BORN UNDER A LUCKY STAR; YET MY DEAREST WISH HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO TRAVEL. ALL I WILL HAVE LEFT IS THE MELANCHOLY OF THE READERS OF TRAVEL STORIES.
FRIDA KAHLO
TO REDUCE SUFFERING IS TO TAKE THE RISK THAT IT WILL DEVOUR YOU FROM WITHIN.
FRIDA KAHLO
I DRANK BECAUSE I WANTED TO DROWN MY SORROW, BUT NOW THESE DAMN THINGS HAVE LEARNED TO SWIM.
FRIDA KAHLO
SOME CRITICS HAVE TRIED TO CLASSIFY ME AS A SURREALIST, BUT I DON’T CONSIDER MYSELF AS SUCH (…) IN FACT, I DON’T KNOW IF MY PAINTINGS ARE SURREAL OR NOT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE MOST HONEST EXPRESSION OF MYSELF (…) I HATE SURREALISM. IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE A DECADENT MANIFESTATION OF BOURGEOIS ART. A DEVIATION FROM THE TRUE ART THAT PEOPLE HOPE TO RECEIVE FROM THE ARTIST (…) I WOULD LIKE MY PAINTING AND MYSELF TO BE WORTHY OF THE PEOPLE TO WHOM I BELONG AND THE IDEAS THAT GIVE ME STRENGTH (…) I WOULD LIKE MY WORK TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE STRUGGLE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM…
FRIDA KAHLO
PAIN, PLEASURE AND DEATH ARE NOTHING MORE THAN THE PROCESS OF LIFE. THE REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE IN THIS PROCESS IS AN OPEN DOOR TO INTELLIGENCE.
FRIDA KAHLO
I’M NOT SICK. I’M NOT SICK. I’M BROKEN. BUT I FEEL HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO LIVE, AS LONG AS I CAN PAINT.
FRIDA KAHLO
YOU DESERVE A LOVE THAT MAKES YOU GET UP QUICKLY IN THE MORNING, AND THAT KEEPS AWAY ALL THOSE DEMONS THAT WON’T LET YOU SLEEP.
FRIDA KAHLO
DOCTOR, IF YOU LET ME DRINK THIS TEQUILA, I PROMISE NOT TO DRINK ANYTHING AT MY FUNERAL.
FRIDA KAHLO
I THINK THAT LITTLE BY LITTLE I WILL BE ABLE TO SOLVE MY PROBLEMS AND SURVIVE.
FRIDA KAHLO
YOU DESERVE A LOVE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE, ABLE TO GET THE MOON WHEN IT WALKS BY YOUR SIDE.
FRIDA KAHLO
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN HANDLE A LOT MORE THAN WE THOUGHT WE COULD.
FRIDA KAHLO
IN THE END, WE CAN SUPPORT MUCH MORE THAN WE THINK.
FRIDA KAHLO
YOU DESERVE A LOVE THAT WANTS TO DANCE WITH YOU, THAT FINDS PARADISE EVERY TIME IT LOOKS INTO YOUR EYES, THAT NEVER MISSES READING YOUR EXPRESSIONS.
FRIDA KAHLO
LIFE INSISTS ON BEING MY FRIEND AND MY GOAL MY ENEMY.
FRIDA KAHLO
I LOVE YOU MORE THAN MY OWN SKIN.
FRIDA KAHLO
YOU DESERVE A LOVE THAT WOULD SWEEP AWAY LIES AND BRING YOU DREAMS, COFFEE AND POETRY.
FRIDA KAHLO
THERE’S NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A LAUGH.
FRIDA KAHLO
HOW CAN I CALL MY DIEGO? IT HAS NEVER BEEN AND WILL NEVER BE MINE, IT BELONGS ONLY TO ITSELF.
FRIDA KAHLO
TO CREATE YOUR OWN PARADISE, YOU HAVE TO DRAW FROM YOUR PERSONAL HELL.
FRIDA KAHLO
WHAT DOESN’T KILL ME, FEEDS ME.
FRIDA KAHLO
NOTHING IS MORE RIDICULOUS THAN TRAGEDY, SHE WROTE IN HER DIARY. NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN LAUGHTER.
FRIDA KAHLO
SO I WILL BE FRIENDS WITH THOSE WHO LOVE ME AS I AM.
FRIDA KAHLO
THEY CALL ME SURREAL, BUT I’M NOT. I HAVE NEVER PAINTED DREAMS BUT MY OWN REALITY.
FRIDA KAHLO
TAKE A LOVER WHO LOOKS AT YOU LIKE YOU’RE MAGIC.
FRIDA KAHLO
NOTHING IS ABSOLUTE. EVERYTHING CHANGES, EVERYTHING MOVES, EVERYTHING TURNS, EVERYTHING STEALS AND DISAPPEARS.
FRIDA KAHLO
THE ONLY THING I KNOW IS THAT I PAINT BECAUSE I HAVE TO AND I PAINT EVERYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH MY HEAD WITHOUT ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION.
FRIDA KAHLO
BEAUTY AND UGLINESS ARE A MIRROR BECAUSE OTHERS ALWAYS END UP SEEING OUR INTERIOR.
FRIDA KAHLO
I CANNOT TALK ABOUT DIEGO LIKE MY HUSBAND BECAUSE THIS TERM, WHEN APPLIED TO HIM, IS AN ABSURDITY. HE HAS NEVER BEEN AND WILL NEVER BE ANYONE’S HUSBAND.
FRIDA KAHLO
I TRIED TO DROWN MY SORROWS, BUT THEY LEARNED TO SWIM THE BUGGERS, AND NOW I’M OVERWHELMED BY THIS DECENT AND PLEASANT FEELING.
FRIDA KAHLO
I LEAVE YOU MY PORTRAIT SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE MY PRESENCE EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT WHEN I WILL BE AWAY FROM YOU.
FRIDA KAHLO
SOME ARE BORN WITH A STAR AND OTHERS LIKE STARS THAT HAVE FALLEN TO THE GROUND, CRUSHED, BEATEN, AND ALTHOUGH YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BELIEVE IT, I AM ONE OF THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN WELL TO THE GROUND.
FRIDA KAHLO
I HOPE THE EXIT IS HAPPY AND I HOPE NEVER TO COME BACK.
FRIDA KAHLO
I USED TO THINK I WAS THE WEIRDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, AND THEN I THOUGHT, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN THE WORLD, THERE MUST BE SOMEONE LIKE ME, WHO FEELS STRANGE AND BRUISED LIKE ME. I IMAGINE THAT AND I IMAGINE THAT SHE TOO MUST BE THINKING ABOUT ME. IF YOU EXIST AND READ ME, KNOW THAT IF I EXIST AND I AM AS STRANGE AS YOU ARE.
FRIDA KAHLO
SURREALISM IS THE MAGIC SURPRISE OF FINDING A LION IN A CLOSET, WHERE YOU WERE SURE TO FIND SHIRTS.
FRIDA KAHLO
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU HAVE NEVER HAD, AND EVEN THEN YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO LOVE YOURSELF.
FRIDA KAHLO
THE ONLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT I’M STARTING TO GET USED TO SUFFERING…
FRIDA KAHLO
CAN VERBS BE INVENTED? I WANT TO TELL YOU ONE: I HEAVEN YOU, AND SO MY WINGS STRETCH, HUGE, TO LOVE YOU WITHOUT LIMITS.
FRIDA KAHLO
I HAVE NOTHING BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE HIM.
FRIDA KAHLO