They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.
FRIDA KAHLOI put on the canvas whatever comes into my mind.
More Frida Kahlo Quotes
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I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.
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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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People in general are scared to death of the war and all the exhibition have been a failure, because the rich – don’t want to buy anything.
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The most important part of the body is the brain. Of my face, I like the eyebrows and eyes.
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I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself.
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I wanted to tell you that my whole being opened for you. Since I fell in love with you everything is transformed and is full of beauty – love is like an aroma, like a current, like rain.
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They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.
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There is nothing more precious than laughter.
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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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Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My painting took the place of all of this. I think work is the best.
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I am happy to be alive, as long as I can paint.
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I love you more than my own skin.
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At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.
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I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of madness.
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I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.
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