Frida Kahlo on Life

"I have suffered two grave accidents in my life, one in which a streetcar knocked me down... The other accident is Diego."

"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint."

"Frida Kahlo: Notas Sobre una Vida / Notes on a Life; photos of Frida in her daily life, and some of her written letters; Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution"

"I was really ugly and had an admiration complex for Christi . They sent us tot the ous of senora Maria a Campos for instruction.. .I asked about the mysteries of the Bible, and I think I behaved badly so they sent me to a retreat. It was the usual thing: "to dedicate oneself mor to God".. ..it was a house where one spent about fifteen days.. .I asked the priest so many questions about how Christ was born, and was the virgin really a virgin, that they threw me out."

"We moved from the house on Reforma to Coyoacán, and that had an enormous influence on me. How we painted the house and the Mexican furniture, all that influenced my painting a lot. While still on Reforma, I painted a self-portrait that is owned by Morillo Safa. Once in Coyoacán I began to make paintings with backgrounds and Mexican things in them. I painted the portraits of Hale's sister.. ..and the one of Diego, which I did not finish . Those three paintings, who knows where they are. Mirillo Safa has the third self-portrait , showing me bald and sitting in a cane chair."