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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There are no ultimate ends. Only games and more games. The winner this round is the loser the next round. Only the game is eternal. And the game is always the same, if you never change the rules.

Frida Kahlo

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

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

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I love you more than my own skin.

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I never knew I was a surrealist till Andre Breton came to Mexico and told me I was.

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. . . there is a skeleton (or death) that flees terrified in the face of my will to live.

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Really, I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself.

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I choose to work with every single person that I work with. That ends up being the most important factor. I don't interact with people I don't like or admire. That's the key. It's like marrying.

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What we eat is a matter of life and death.

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Gerard Jones

There are no ultimate ends. Only games and more games. The winner this round is the loser the next round. Only the game is eternal. And the game is always the same, if you never change the rules.

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New York, thy name is irreverence and hyperbole. And grandeur.

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Elie Wiesel

I thought that culture and education are the shield. An educated person cannot do certain things and, and be educated, you cannot, and there they were, killing children day after day.

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