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Wings to Fly: Frida Kahlo

On Creativity and Endurance
By Frida Kahlo
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I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint. For many, she represents triumph over suffering, but to Frida Kahlo, life, body, and art were entirely intertwined. Kahlo—friend, lover, teacher, patient, survivor, revolutionary—endured polio and... Read More
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A beautiful, tactile book of inspiring quotes and images by Frida Kahlo; illuminating a life spent in creative transformation - turning physical suffering into beauty, endurance into empowerment, immobility into imagination

An inspirational collection of quotes and images from Kahlo’s diaries, letters and interviews that illuminate how creativity and painting sustained her after injury, illness and heartbreak

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I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.

For many, she represents triumph over suffering, but to Frida Kahlo, life, body, and art were entirely intertwined.

Kahlo—friend, lover, teacher, patient, survivor, revolutionary—endured polio and scoliosis as a child and then, at the age of 18, survived a catastrophic bus accident. Over the next 19 years, she was to undergo over thirty surgeries. Yet her work, her magical, jewel-coloured paintings, her heartfelt, visceral art, continued to flow.

Using new translations from her diary, letters, and interviews, Wings to Fly juxtaposes Kahlo's paintings with her writings, and illuminates links between the personal and universal, the physical and imaginative, the pain and resolve—to truly inspire.

Feet what do I need them for, if I have wings to fly?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780715657058

Publisher: Duckworth Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 July 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: September Publishing

Contributors:

  • Edited by Louise Coigley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Born in Coyoacán, she survived a severe bus accident at 18 that left her with lifelong pain and long periods of immobilisation. During her recovery she began painting intensively, developing a striking visual language that blended personal suffering, Mexican folk traditions and surreal, dreamlike imagery. Kahlo's work explored identity, the female body, politics and resilience, often using herself as subject and symbol. Today, Kahlo stands as an icon of artistic courage, Mexican cultural pride and the transformative power of creativity.

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