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
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
More Frida Kahlo Quotes
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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 drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.
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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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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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I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.
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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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I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.
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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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Everyone’s opinions about things change over time. Nothing is constant. Everything changes. And to hold onto some dogged idea forever is a little rigid and maybe naive.
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I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do.
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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 never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
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I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.
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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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Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny.
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I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
FRIDA KAHLO