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
art color voice
It's not possible to present an accurate picture of our culture without all the voices of the people in the culture. So at the emerging level, you can't have a good survey art show without women and artists of color.
mother-daughter laughter mother-and-daughter
There is nothing more precious than laughter
ephemeral absurd
What would I do without the absurd and the ephemeral?
real fighting littles
I must fight with all my strength so that the little positive things that my health allows me to do might be pointed toward helping the revolution. The only real reason for living.
stars knowing bird
To feel the anguish of waiting for the next moment and of taking part in the complex current (of affairs) not knowing that we are headed toward ourselves, through millions of stone beings - of bird beings - of star beings - of microbe beings - of fountain beings toward ourselves.
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.