I was a child who went about in a world of colors. My friends, my companions, became women slowly; I became old in instants.
FRIDA KAHLOWhat I wanted to express very clearly and intensely was that the reason these people had to invent or imagine heroes and gods is pure fear. Fear of life and fear of death.
More Frida Kahlo Quotes
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There is nothing more precious than laughter.
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I want a storm to come and flood us into a song that no one wrote.
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Of the opposite sex, I have the moustache and, in general, the face.
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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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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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At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.
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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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Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny.
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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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I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of madness.
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I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.
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I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.
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I put on the canvas whatever comes into my mind.
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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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