The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.

Frida Kahlo

I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.

I do not paint what I see, but what I saw.

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

I don’t believe in an art that is not born out of man’s need to open his heart.

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

There is a battle that goes on between men and women. Many people call it love.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

Art comes from joy and pain, But mostly from pain.

Art comes from joy and pain, But mostly from pain.

I love you more than my own skin.

I love you more than my own skin.

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

My painting carries with it the message of pain.

My painting carries with it the message of pain.

I paint flowers to prevent them from dying

I paint flowers to prevent them from dying

I had something in my throat. It felt like I had swallowed the whole world.

I had something in my throat. It felt like I had swallowed the whole world.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.

To trap one's self-suffering is to risk being devoured from the inside.

To trap one's self-suffering is to risk being devoured from the inside.

I don’t like the gringos at all. They are very boring and all have faces like unbaked rolls.

I don’t like the gringos at all. They are very boring and all have faces like unbaked rolls.

Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe, where you were 'sure' of finding shirts.

Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe, where you were 'sure' of finding shirts.

What would I do without the absurd and the ephemeral?

What would I do without the absurd and the ephemeral?

My blood is a miracle that, from my veins, crosses the air in my heart into yours.

My blood is a miracle that, from my veins, crosses the air in my heart into yours.

I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.

I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.