If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait.

To be an artist, one must . . . never shirk from the truth as he understands it, never withdraw from life

As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those who wanted me to paint not what I saw but what they wished me to see.

The rôle of the artist is that of a soldier of the revolution.

I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.

Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the worst from a pride in mere talent.

Art is like ham-it nourishes people.

July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever. To late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida.

Only the work of art itself can raise the standard of taste.

Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality.

The artist must try to raise the level of taste of the masses, not debase himself to the level of unformed and impoverished taste.

We are all capable of so much more than we think, the only thing we need to do is change our beliefs

Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination.

Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.

For my sake, the entire world was created.

I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.

Boys always like to see girls kiss. I don't get it; girls don't want to see boys kiss.

Planned obsolescence is another word for progress.

Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings.

I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest.

Love is doing something you don't want to do for someone you don't particularly like at that moment.