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Frida Kahlo Quotes - Page 3

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The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

Frida Kahlo
Art, Happy Friday, Needs
Christina Burrus, Frida Kahlo (2008). “Frida Kahlo: 'I Paint My Reality'”

I hope the exit is joyful and i hope never to return.

Frida Kahlo
Return, Exit, Departure
Elena Poniatowska, Frida Kahlo, Carla Stellweg (1992). “Frida Kahlo: the camera seduced”, Vintage

Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.

Frida Kahlo
Tragedy, Ridiculous, Ridiculous Things
Frida Kahlo, Carlos Monsiváis, Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño, Anahuacalli (Museum) (2004). “Frida Kahlo: un homenaje”, Artes De Mexico Y Del Mundo S.A.

I paint my own reality.

Frida Kahlo
Art, Reality, Painting
Elena Poniatowska, Frida Kahlo, Carla Stellweg (1992). “Frida Kahlo: the camera seduced”, Vintage

Painting completed my life.

Frida Kahlo
Art, Happy Friday, Artist
Christina Burrus, Frida Kahlo (2008). “Frida Kahlo: 'I Paint My Reality'”

Really, I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself.

Frida Kahlo
Artist, Expression, Painting
Christina Burrus, Frida Kahlo (2008). “Frida Kahlo: 'I Paint My Reality'”

... there is a skeleton (or death) that flees terrified in the face of my will to live.

Frida Kahlo
Skeletons, Faces, Terrified
Frida Kahlo (1978). “Frida Kahlo, 1910-1954: an exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago”

I never knew I was a surrealist till Andre Breton came to Mexico and told me I was.

Frida Kahlo
Mexico, Surrealist, Woman Artist

It was worthwhile to come here only to see why Europe is rottening, why all this people - good for nothing - are the cause of all the Hitlers and Mussolinis.

Frida Kahlo
Europe, People, Causes
Frida Kahlo (2006). “Frida by Frida: Selection of Letters and Texts”, Editorial Rm Rio Panuko

People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibitions have been a failure, because the rich bitches don't want to buy anything.

Frida Kahlo
War, People, Exhibitions
"Frida by Frida: Selection of Letters and Texts".

I have suffered two grave accidents in my life, one in which a streetcar knocked me down... The other accident is Diego.

Frida Kahlo
Two, Graves, Accidents
"magen de Frida Kahlo". "Novedades" (Mexico City) Newspaper, June 10, 1951.

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