If you are no stranger to the art world, then perhaps you are familiar with Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her artwork. The artist has left a considerable impact not only on the art universe but also on Mexican ancestry and myriad people worldwide. Frida Kahlo art, which can be almost given its own distinctive art genre, is best known for its unflinching and beautifully colored self-portraits, which explore the issues of identity, the human body, and mortality.
In many Frida Kahlo paintings, the spectator can sense the struggles the artist endured due to the chronic pain caused by a bus accident when she was 18. Besides the depiction of pain and suffering, the artist was praised for her uncompromising portrayal of the feminine experience and her evident love for Mexico's colors and culture. However, the world remembers Kahlo not only for her mesmerizing artwork. The inspiring quotes Kahlo left behind still echo with millions of people who can relate to the struggles and experiences the artist went through.
Frida Kahlo quotes speak for themselves. She masterfully pieces simple words together and paints sentences that hit close to home for many. In her famous quotes, the artist conveys the importance of art, love, and being honest with yourself; she explores the essence of life, pain, suffering, and much more. And all these almost-poetry-sounding inspirational quotes, the artist has so beautifully portrayed in her works of art.
Below, we have compiled a list of quotes by Frida Kahlo that will undoubtedly strike a chord with you. There's something to discover for everyone. Is there a Frida Kahlo quote you particularly liked that has really sunk in? Let us know!
#21 Petals Outlast the Painter
"I paint flowers so they will not die."
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#22 Art That Talks Back
"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."
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#23 When reality takes a weird left turn
"Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe, where you were 'sure' of finding shirts."
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#24 Goals: Relationship Edition
"You deserve a lover who makes you feel safe, who can consume this world whole if he walks hand in hand with you; someone who believes that his embraces are a perfect match with your skin."
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#25 Coloring Outside Reality’s Lines
"I was a child who went about in a world of colors."
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#26 Not Falling For That Wingman Move
"Don't think I am going to sleep with you just because you took me under your wing."
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#27 Finally, Someone Gets It
"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."
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#28 Brain teasing, not brainwashing
"I don’t want you to think like I do. I just want you to think."
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#29 Sky’s not the limit for love
"Can one invent verbs? I want to tell you one: I sky you, so my wings extend so large to love you without measure."
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#30 No Fun? No Thanks
"It is not worthwhile to leave this world without having had a little fun in life."
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#31 When Trees Get Feels Too Deep
"Name of Diego. Name of love. Don’t let the tree get thirsty it loves you so much. It treasured your seed, it crystallized your life at six in the morning."
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#32 Behind the Curtain of Chaos
"I wish I could do whatever I liked behind the curtain of 'madness."
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#33 Own It, No Filter Needed
"I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality."
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#34 Rare honesty deserves rare rewards
"You deserve the best, the very best because you are one of the few people in this lousy world who are honest to themselves, and that is the only thing that really counts."
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#35 That’s a Whole Mood
"I love you more than my own skin."
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#36 Shockingly Resilient, Who Knew?
"At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can."
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#37 Art finally got me right
"Painting completed my life."
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#38 Life’s Only Constant Is Change
"Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away."
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#39 Laughter: Lowkey Life Fuel
"Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light."
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#40 Ghosting but make it heartfelt
"I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you."
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