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They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.

— Frida Kahlo

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I’m more and more convinced it’s only through communism that we can become human.

Feet, what do I need them for
If I have wings to fly.

I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never to return.

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

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

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