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!
#61 Math just got existential
"You are all the combinations of numbers of life."
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#62 Creativity, No Filter Needed
"I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration."
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#63 I’m Just Over Here Shaking My Head
"I would laugh as much as I feel like at the stupidity of others, and they would all say: 'Poor thing, she's crazy!'"
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#64 Time’s Up, No Rewinds
"Remember that every tick-tock is a second of life that goes by and doesn't repeat itself."
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#65 Plot Twist: Trust Both Carefully
"They say never trust a limping dog or the tears of a woman."
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#66 Loyalty Check: Pass or Nah?
"Loyalty is important to me. Can you be loyal?"
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#67 Sick Days Are Emotional Shields
"We like being sick to protect ourselves. Someone – something – always protects us from the truth – Our own ignorance and fear. Fear of everything – fear of knowing that we are no more than vectors direction construction and destruction to be alive."
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#68 Science got poetic for a sec
"My blood is a miracle that, from my veins, crosses the air in my heart into yours."
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#69 Existential but make it weird
"What would I do without the absurd and the ephemeral?"
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#70 Grounded but dreaming
"Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"
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#71 Not dreaming, just realities rearranged
"They thought I was a surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."
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#72 Making Friends With Myself
"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone because I am the person I know best."
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#73 Plot twist: love’s wildest crash
"There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst."
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#74 Mood swings but make it art
"My subjects have always been my sensations, my states of mind, and the profound reactions that life has been producing in me."
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#75 Low-Key Staring, Not Sorry
"You too know that all my eyes see, all touch with myself, from any distance, is you."
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#76 Plot Twist: Heaven’s Just the Start
"I heaven you, so my wings will open wide to love you boundlessly."
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#77 Carrying Your Chaos Like a Trophy
"As always, when I walk away from you, I carry your world and your life with me, and that's what I can't recover from."
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#78 Mood swings but make it artsy
"I'd arrange flowers, all day long, I'd paint; pain, love, and tenderness."
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#79 This Just Feels Right
"The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to."
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#80 Color Wars: Who’s Really Painter?
"You were called autochrome, the one who captures color. I chromophore — the one who gives color."
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