These Frida Kahlo Quotes Are as Evocative as Her Paintings
By Celia Fernandez of Redbook |
Famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo may have been known for her fantastical self-portraits, but she was also a poet. Before her death in 1954, Kahlo s life was riddled with sorrow. As a child, she had Polio, she was in a near-fatal traffic accident at 18 that caused prolonged problems, and she married self-confessed serial womanizer Diego Rivera, who was one of Mexico s most successful artists at the time. Despite the despair, Kahlo found strength in her pain. It inspired her profound paintings and thought-provoking quotes which she wrote in love letters to Rivera and in her diary. According to a new book that highlights some of her most enduring wisdom,