Frida Kahlo has left a remarkable legacy with her paintings, especially the self-portraits she’s best known for. The iconic Mexican painter, whose birthday is on July 6, has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition. We celebrate Frida’s birthday with some of her most empowering quotes. Enjoy and Viva La Frida!
1) “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”
2) “I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.”
3) “Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.”
Iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo passed away at 47 years old. (Photo: Flickr)
4) “I love you more than my own skin”
5) “I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.”
6) “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.”
7) “I was born a bitch. I was born a painter.”
8) “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.”
9) “At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”
10) “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 flawed and bizarre in the same ways I do.”
11) “Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.”
12) “I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.”
13) “I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never to return”
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