“The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb' (Andre Breton qtd. p. 55)”
“Based solely on the mustache, who would you rather be: Mark Twain, Rollie Fingers, or Frida Kahlo?”
“Painting completed my life. I lost three children and a series of other things that would have fulfilled my horrible life. My painting took the place of all this. I think work is the best. (Frida Kahlo, p. 157)”
“All my life my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.” andre breton”
“Breton considered suicide the truest art, though life seemed hardly worth the trouble to discard.”
“I wrote this piece because my mailbox was full of bills, junk mail, and lettuce, but not a single letter from Andre Breton. So I decided I’d write to him (though I did eat my first two drafts).”