Quoted in Time magazine, "Mexican Autobiography" (27 April 1953)

They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.

— Frida Kahlo

What It Means

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Frida Kahlo

About Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo (6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter. She was married to cubist painter Diego Rivera.