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.

Frida Kahlo

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

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.

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.

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.

I want a storm to come and flood us into a song that no one wrote.

I want a storm to come and flood us into a song that no one wrote.

Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny.

Mankind owns its destiny, and its destiny is the earth. We are destroying it until we have no destiny.

I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy as long as I can paint.

I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy as long as I can paint.

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

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

Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.

Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are a bourbon biscuit.