Frida Kahlo
Iconic self-portraitist and feminist artist
Most quoted
"I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and reading this and know that, yes, it's true I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you."
— from Letter
"I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me, too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it's true I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you."
— from Diary
"I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you."
— from Diary
All quotes by Frida Kahlo (178)
I hope the exit is joyful. And I hope never to return.
I am not a Surrealist. I have never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.
I am a woman who is not afraid of life, who is not afraid of death.
My painting is a message of pain. It is a message of life.
I want to be worthy of you, of the love you give me.
The only good thing about the accident is that I have learned to live.
I am not a Surrealist. I am a revolutionary.
I am not a Surrealist. I am a Mexican.
I am not a Surrealist. I am a woman.
I am not a Surrealist. I am Frida Kahlo.
I am not a Surrealist. I am a painter.
I am not a Surrealist. I am an artist.
I am not a Surrealist. I am a human being.
I am not a Surrealist. I am a person.
I am not a Surrealist. I am myself.
I am not a Surrealist. I am Frida.
I am not a Surrealist. I am Kahlo.
I am not a Surrealist. I am me.
I am not a Surrealist. I am.
The most important thing for everyone is to be happy. And if you are happy, you are beautiful.
Contemporaries of Frida Kahlo
Other Visual Artss born within 50 years of Frida Kahlo (1907–1954).