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There are many Mexican women who inspired entire generations, but probably the best known Mexican woman in the world is Frida Kahlo, one of the most important personalities of Mexican history, who left us very motivating and inspiring quotes.

As you know, Frida Kahlo was not only a great artist but also one of the most influential and controversial Mexican and international figures of her time. Not only did he break into the so-called art and fashion scene, but he was recognized for having a tenacious and accurate way of speaking, just as the Mexicans say: “sin pelos en la lengua” (without mincing words).

By the way, “Sin pelos en la lengua”” is an Spanish expression that refers to speaking openly, clearly and without taking into account the inconvenience it may cause to the audience.

Part of Frida Kahlo’s biography is marked by the pain that her body suffered throughout her life, the product of a tram accident during her student days that left havoc in her body, and the impossibility of being a mother. For this reason, many of her famous quotes refer to how she lived and faced pain.

The way she expressed herself was a way to escape the pain and suffering. For example she said:

“¿Quién diría que las manchas viven y ayudan a vivir? Tinta, sangre, olor… ¿Qué haría yo sin lo absurdo y lo fugaz?”
“Who would say that the stains live and help to live? Ink, blood, smell… What would I do without the absurd and the fleeting?”

or, that other one that says:

“Dolor, placer y muerte no son más que el proceso de la existencia. La lucha revolucionaria en este proceso es una puerta abierta a la inteligencia.”
“Pain, pleasure and death are nothing more than the process of existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is an open door to intelligence.”

Even a moment after she was announced she would lose mobility in her legs, she said what is perhaps one of the most beautiful phrases of his life:

“Pies, ¿para qué los quiero si tengo alas para volar?”
“Feet, what do I want them for if I have wings to fly?”

You can not miss the phrases that are attributed to the parties that she organized and where she was accompanied by her loved ones, part of the artistic and revolutionary world of her time, where it is stated, she had exquisite glibness. Phrases such as:

“Quise ahogar mis penas en licor, pero las condenadas aprendieron a nadar”
“I wanted to drown my sorrows in liquor, but the damned learned to swim”

Or the latter, where she appropriates suffering:

“Lo único de bueno que tengo es que ya voy empezando a acostumbrarme a sufrir…”
“The only good thing about me is that I’m starting to get used to suffering…”

And Frida, the great Frida Kahlo, could not be more in love and romantic, therefore, many of her phrases are also dedicated to love and heartbreak. The greatest of his loves, the painter Diego Rivera, is the one to whom most of his phrases are dedicated, like this one, which is one of the most famous:

“Yo sufrí dos accidentes graves en mi vida: uno es del tranvía, el otro es Diego. Diego fue el peor de todos”
“I suffered two serious accidents in my life: one is from the tram, the other is Diego. Diego was the worst of all”

The same for the phrase that accompanies one of his love letters, where he relates his idea of ​​love to the idea of ​​freedom:

“¿Se pueden inventar verbos? Quiero decirte uno: Yo te cielo, así mis alas se extienden enormes para amarte sin medida”
“Can verbs be invented? I want to tell you one: I heaven you, so my wings spread enormous to love you without measure”

And, this one is attributed to one of his many separations with the painter:

“Te necesito tanto que me duele el corazón”
“I need you so much my heart aches”

That thought about love and her tireless commitment to freedom is also reflected in the following sentence:

“Y una cosa puedo jurar: yo, que me enamoré de tus alas, jamás te las voy a querer cortar”
“And one thing I can swear: I, who fell in love with your wings, will never want to cut them off”

That same understanding also made her talk about self-love, that love that is necessary for anyone and, of course, necessary for any woman who does not want to lose herself in a painful love. For this reason, she recommended:

“Donde no puedas amar, no te demores” or, “Enamórate de ti, de la vida y luego de quien tú quieras”
“Where you can’t love, don’t spend too much time” or, “Fall in love with yourself, with life and then with whoever you want”

She also said about love.

“Amurallar el propio sufrimiento es arriesgarse a que te devore desde el interior”
“To wall your own suffering is to risk it devouring you from the inside”

Frida was also characterized by her peculiar sense of humor. One of his funny quotes says:

“Si actúas como si supieras lo que estás haciendo, puedes hacer lo que quieras”
“If you act like you know what you’re doing, you can do whatever you want”

Frida Kahlo is still relevant to this day because her irruption was such for her time that she broke paradigms. For example, with the way she dressed (she wore men’s pants and shirts), and also with her constant call to the women of her time to challenge social conventions. About that we can find phrases like the following:

“Soy libre para darme en la madre a mí misma”
“I am free to give myself a bad treat”

“Dar en la madre” is a Mexican expression that means harm or seriously injure, so Frida Kahlo used that expression to mean that she was free to do whatever she wanted.

Returning to talk about self-love, she used to advise her friends:

“Te mereces un amante que te quiera despeinada, con todo y todas las razones que te hacen despertarte deprisa y los demonios que no te dejan dormir”
“You deserve a lover who wants you disheveled, with everything and all the reasons that make you wake up fast and the demons that don’t let you sleep”

That total irruption that Frida Kahlo meant as a well-known and relevant figure in society, also caused her to have discussions in the world of art, where she was constantly questioned about her work and branded as a narcissist. This was due to the production of self-portraits, while other painters and muralists of her time, including Diego Rivera, used to focus on portraying society and the people. Frida Kahlo threw sentences against it:

“A veces prefiero hablar con obreros y albañiles que con esa gente estúpida que se hace llamar gente culta”
“Sometimes I prefer to talk to workers and masons than to those stupid people who call themselves cultured people”

She also justified what she painted:

“Nunca pinto sueños o pesadillas. Pinto mi propia realidad”
“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality”

When she was questioned about her self-portraits, she also defended:

“Me pinto a mí misma porque soy a quien mejor conozco” , “Soy mi propia musa, soy la persona que mejor conozco”
“I paint myself because I am the one I know best” , “I am my own muse, I am the person I know best”

Undoubtedly, the painting was also the shelter that she built for herself, as she said:

“La pintura ha llenado mi vida. La pintura ha sustituido todo”
“Painting has filled my life. Painting has replaced everything”

And, as is common in Mexicans, she could not miss talking about her own death and even see it with a certain irony:

“Cada tic-tac es un segundo de la vida que pasa, huye, y no se repite. Y hay en ella tanta intensidad, tanto interés, que el problema es sólo saberla vivir. Que cada uno lo resuelva como pueda”
“Each tick-tock is a second of life that passes, flees, and is never repeated. And there is so much intensity in it, so much interest, that the problem is just knowing how to live it. Let each one solve it as they can”

And, on his deathbed, she burst into the doctor saying:

“Doctor si me deja tomar este tequila le prometo no beber en mi funeral”
“Doctor if you let me drink this tequila I promise not to drink at my funeral”