Women’s History Quote of the Day: Frida Kahlo

“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”

“I don’t paint dreams or nightmares; I paint my own reality.”

Frida Kahlo is a Mexican artist who is remembered for her self-portraits and her use of vibrant colors. She is celebrated in Mexican culture and indigenous culture and by feminists because of her depiction of female life. Kahlo suffered from polio as a child and multiple injuries due to a car accident and turned the anger from her pain into beautiful art and expression.