If I Ever Loved A Woman, The

Never Before Had A Woman Put Such Agonizing Poetry On Canvas As Frida Did

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.

To Be An Artist, One Must . . . Never Shirk From The Truth As He Understands It, Never Withdraw From Life

I Did Not Know It Then, But Frida Had Already Become The Most Important Fact In My Life. And Would Continue To Be, Up To The Moment She Died, 27 Years Later.

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.