They are so damn 'intellectual' and rotten that I can't stand them anymore.... I [would] rather sit on the floor in the market of Toluca and sell tortillas, than have anything to do with those 'artistic' bitches of Paris.
— Frida Kahlo Modern

Mexican painter

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From her letters or diary, expressing disdain for some Parisian artists/intellectuals

Date / Period

1930s-1940s (approx.)

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/12188.Frida_Kahlo

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