“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.”
– Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo was a famous female painter from Mexico. Her art did not find much fame until decades after her death. Most of her work revolves around colorfully painted self-portraits. In her teenage years, she was injured in an extremely horrific bus accident. This event lead to countless severe issues with her health throughout her lifetime. The accident also likely contributed to her being unable to bare children, which played a large part in her artwork. She was married to Diego Rivera, another artist, and with him spent many decades in a mostly tumultuous relationship. View her paintings here.
Favorite Frida Kahlo Quotes.
Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.
There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.
My painting carries with it the message of pain.
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.
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 bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine her, and imagine that she must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.
I was born a bitch. I was born a painter.
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.
I hope the end is joyful, and I hope never to return.
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