Frida Kahlo

"I freely choose to stay and bear witness with joy."

"The ribbon of my life, it's sewn up and I've barely touched the scissors."

"I never wanted to be anybody but myself."

"My eyebrows are too thick and my waist is not small enough."

"I am my best thing."

"Work like you don't need money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching."

"Carma is a very bad word."

"Even on the worst days I believe something good can happen."

"I have suffered the atrocity of loathing myself."

"The broken spinal column is the platform of my life."

"Viva la vida - long live life, even though the pain cuts like knives."

"I paint my own reality, the only truth I know."

"My mother was my first tragedy."

"I paint myself because the subject is always available."

"Diego and I just had a real love affair."

"The feet, those unsung heroes, what a journey they carry."

"I am nobody's muse, I am my own muse."

"Life is my material, and I sculpt my own destiny."

"Color is a power which directly influences the soul."

"I believe in the power of my own hands to create."

"Miscarriage and suffering are what bring depth to experience."

"I carry my sorrows in my heart as I carry my joys."

"My painting carries the message of my pain and my joy."

"I destroy myself so that I can be reborn."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"I am still my own theme, my own concern."

"The only surrealism is in my eyebrows."

"I found myself in your kisses and lost myself in your lies."

"Every stroke of my brush is a prayer."

"I am a self-made woman who suffered to achieve."