They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.
FRIDA KAHLOI am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.
More Frida Kahlo Quotes
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Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.
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I was a child who went about in a world of colors. My friends, my companions, became women slowly; I became old in instants.
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I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.
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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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Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny.
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My painting carries with it the message of pain.
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There is nothing more precious than laughter.
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I want to be inside your darkest everything.
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What 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.
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Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
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I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.
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I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.
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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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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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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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