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Frida Kahlo [1907-1954] Mexican
Rank: 4
Artist (with paintings), Painter
Primitivism, Surrealism


Frida Kahlo de Rivera, born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her self-portraits.
Kahlo's life began and ended in Mexico City, in her home, which is known as "La Casa Azul," the Blue House.

Dreams, Alone, Best, Great, Romantic



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I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. Dreams
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I paint flowers so they will not die.
102
I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
103
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. Alone, Best
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My painting carries with it the message of pain.
105
The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.
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I love you more than my own skin. Romantic
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Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
108
There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst. Great
109
Since my subjects have always been my sensations, my states of mind and the profound reactions that life has been producing in me, I have frequently objectified all this in figures of myself, which were the most sincere and real thing that I could do in order to express what I felt inside and outside of myself.
110
They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality. Dreams
111
I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.
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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 am my own muse, the subject I know best.
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Painting completed my life.
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Really, 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 am in agreement with everything my father taught me and nothing my mother taught me.
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The most important part of the body is the brain. Of my face, I like the eyebrows and eyes. Aside from that, I like nothing. My head is too small.
118
Of the opposite sex, I have the moustache and, in general, the face.
119
My toys were those of a boy: skates, bicycles.
120
I find that Americans completely lack sensibility and good taste. They are boring, and they all have faces like unbaked rolls.
121
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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To paint is the most terrific thing that there is, but to do it well is very difficult.
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I don't know how to write love letters.
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I put on the canvas whatever comes into my mind.
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I am happy to be alive, as long as I can paint.
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