frida kahlo quotes - Page 2

They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams, I painted my reality. ⎘

I love you more than my own skin. ⎘

I am free to give myself everything I need. ⎘

Pain, pleasure, and death are no more than a process for existence. ⎘

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art. ⎘

I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint. ⎘

I paint flowers so they will not die. ⎘

I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim. ⎘

I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never to return. ⎘

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. ⎘

Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself. ⎘

At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. ⎘

I am my own muse, I am the subject I know best. ⎘

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

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