Frida Kahlo
Mexican · 1907–1954
Painter known for her vivid self-portraits exploring identity, the human body, and death, deeply rooted in Mexican folk art and surrealism.
Wikipedia ↗“Pies, ¿para qué los quiero si tengo alas pa' volar?”
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“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”
Frida Kahlo's diary ↗ (1953)
“I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.”
English
“I paint flowers so they will not die.”
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