Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo de Rivera, born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón, was a Mexican painter known for her self-portraits...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth6 July 1907
CityCoyoacan, Mexico
CountryMexico
inspirational motivational dream
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
art reality painting
I paint my own reality.
ambition important important-things
The most important thing for everyone in Gringolandia is to have ambition and become 'somebody,' and frankly, I don't have the least ambition to become anybody.
faces boring
I don’t like the gringos at all. They are very boring and all have faces like unbaked rolls.
stars cells space
Your word travels the entirety of space and reaches my cells which are my stars then goes to yours which are my light.
love happy-friday two
There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.
mountain knows core
Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.
heart air blood
My blood is a miracle that, from my veins, crosses the air in my heart into yours.
flower artist paint
I paint flowers so they will not die.
children pain thinking
My paintings are well-painted, not nimbly but patiently. My painting contains in it the message of pain. I think that at least a few people are interested in it. It's not revolutionary. Why keep wishing for it to be belligerent? I can't. 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.
love art happy-friday
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
strong heart men
You loved a man with more hands than a parade of beggars, and here you stand. Heart like a four-poster bed. Heart like a canvas. Heart leaking something so strong they can smell it in the street.”
strong-women art reality
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
love art happy-friday
I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.