I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
As quoted in Así (March 17, 1945)
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Frida Kahlo quotes
1907-1954 · Artists and entertainers
Mexican painter known for her self-portraits.
4 quotes, 4 traced to where Kahlo said or wrote them.
They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.
As quoted in Time (April 27, 1953)
I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.
As quoted in Time (April 27, 1953)
Feet, what do I need them for if I have wings to fly.
Diary drawing (1953), before her leg amputation