My birth was my first disaster. I was born during the Mexica... - Frida Kahlo

This quote is attributed to Frida Kahlo.

"My birth was my first disaster. I was born during the Mexican Revolution."

Frida Kahlo History

Surrealist Painter Mexican 1907–1954

More from Frida Kahlo

"Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"

"I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best."

"I am my own muse, I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better."

"Courage is the base everything moral is built upon."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."