Kahlo-Isms - by Frida Kahlo (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A collection of compelling quotations from iconic painter Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) has achieved a legendary status in the visual world. A master of the self-portrait, she celebrated Mexican culture and heritage in her work while also intimately and poignantly exploring identity, gender, sexuality, disability, race, and the body. Drawn from Kahlo's diaries, letters, interviews, and other sources, Kahlo-isms is a powerful, revealing, and memorable collection of quotations from throughout her life. Fierce, individual, and introspective, Kahlo's words offer a vivid, immediate window into the life, mind, and spirit of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.

• "I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim."
• "There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst."
• "Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"
• "I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best."
• "Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light."

About the Author

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a painter known for her vivid, deeply personal self-portraits exploring identity, pain, and resilience. Though often linked to Surrealism, she drew more from Mexican folk art and her own lived experiences. Her work is featured in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City. Larry Warsh has been active in the art world for more than thirty years as a publisher and artist-collaborator. He was a founding member of the Basquiat Authentication Committee and is the editor of many books, including Jean-Michel Basquiat's The Notebooks, Ono-isms, Warhol-isms, Weiwei-isms, Haring-isms, Basquiat-isms, Abloh-isms, and Duchamp-isms (all Princeton).