Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?
Frida Kahlo

I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.
Frida Kahlo

I love you more than my own skin.
Frida Kahlo

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
Frida Kahlo

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.
Frida Kahlo

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
Frida Kahlo

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
Frida Kahlo

My painting carries with it the message of pain.
Frida Kahlo

Painting completed my life.
Frida Kahlo

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.
Frida Kahlo


There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.
Frida Kahlo