9 quotes
Mexican painter (1907–1954)
“I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.”
"They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality."
on Art
"I am my own muse, the subject I know best."
on Self Awareness
"I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best."
"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."
"I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality."
"I was a child who went about in a world of colors... My friends, my companions, became women slowly; I became old in instants."
on Childhood
"I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling."
on Humor
"Feet, what do I need them forIf I have wings to fly."
on Imagination
