Painting completed my life.
FRIDA KAHLOSexism 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.
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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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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My painting carries with it the message of pain.
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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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Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change.
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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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My blood is a miracle that, from my veins, crosses the air in my heart into yours.
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Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic.
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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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At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.
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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 paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
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You deserve the best, the very best, because you are one of the few people in this lousy world who are honest to themselves, and that is the only thing that really counts.
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I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.
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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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