Art & Architecture

Kahlo-isms

    Edited by
  • Larry Warsh

A collection of compelling quotations from iconic painter Frida Kahlo

Hardcover

Price:
$16.95/拢13.99
ISBN:
Published:
Nov 24, 2026
2026
Pages:
144
Size:
4.25 x 5.25 in.
Illus:
2 b/w illus.

Frida Kahlo (1907鈥1954) has achieved a legendary status in the visual world. A master of the self-portrait, she celebrated Mexican culture and heritage in her work while also intimately and poignantly exploring identity, gender, sexuality, disability, race, and the body. Drawn from Kahlo鈥檚 diaries, letters, interviews, and other sources, Kahlo-isms is a powerful, revealing, and memorable collection of quotations from throughout her life. Fierce, individual, and introspective, Kahlo鈥檚 words offer a vivid, immediate window into the life, mind, and spirit of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.

  • 鈥淚 drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim.鈥
  • 鈥淭here have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.鈥
  • 鈥淔eet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?鈥
  • 鈥淚 paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.鈥
  • 鈥淣othing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light.鈥