I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself.
FRIDA KAHLOOf the opposite sex, I have the moustache and, in general, the face.
More Frida Kahlo Quotes
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I am in agreement with everything my father taught me and nothing my mother taught me.
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I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.
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I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.
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I want to be inside your darkest everything.
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There is nothing more precious than laughter.
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I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
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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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Sexism and racism are parallel problems. You can compare them in some ways, but they’re not at all the same. But they’re both symptoms inside the white male power structure.
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My painting carries with it the message of pain.
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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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Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.
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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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Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.
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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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