Today’s insight
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Diego was always unfaithful, but Freda accepted that she could not change him. One time, early on in the marriage, when caught in the act with another woman, Diego tried to minimize the damage:”It was just a fuck. I’ve given more affection in a handshake.”
She is quoted as saying “Being the wife of Diego is the most marvelous thing in the world…I let him play matrimony with other women. Diego is not anybody’s husband and never will be, but he is a great comrad.”
Frida died young. Rivera is quoted: “July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever. Too late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida.”
”I was born a bitch, I was born a painter, I was born fucked. But I was happy in my way.”—Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, stricken with polio as a child and injured badly in an accident when she was 18, struggled with pain and disability all her life. Her paintings reflect a modernist take on folk art and integrate her experience of suffering. Frida Kahlo was married to artist Diego Rivera.
Diego was always unfaithful, but Freda accepted that she could not change him. One time, early on in the marriage, when caught in the act with another woman, Diego tried to minimize the damage:”It was just a fuck. I’ve given more affection in a handshake.”
She is quoted as saying “Being the wife of Diego is the most marvelous thing in the world…I let him play matrimony with other women. Diego is not anybody’s husband and never will be, but he is a great comrad.”
Frida died young. Rivera is quoted: “July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever. Too late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida.”