墨西哥最出名的女畫家芙烈達卡蘿Frida Kahlo，她戲劇化且悲慘的一生，不只使她的作品流傳千古，更造就了她敢愛敢恨的個性，到底這位勇敢活出自我強烈色彩的傳奇女子有著甚麼樣的信念，才能支撐著她走過這短暫卻艱辛的47年生命之旅？

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The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

我只知道因為我需要，所以我繪畫，而且我把任何閃過我腦袋中念頭的畫面，毫不猶豫地畫下來。

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I don't paint dreams or nightmares, I paint my own reality.

我不畫夢想或惡夢，我畫的是屬於我自己的現實。

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Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.

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I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.

我想只要一點一點地慢慢來，我的問題終究會解決，而我終究能生存下來。

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I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best.

我畫我自己，因為我常常感到孤獨，而我最了解的事物便是自己。

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I paint flowers so they will not die.

我把花畫下來，這樣它們就不會枯萎死亡了。

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I love you more than my own skin and even though you don’t love me the same way, you love me anyways, don’t you? And if you don’t, I’ll always have the hope that you do, and i’m satisfied with that. Love me a little. I adore you.”

我愛你勝過於我自己的肌膚，即使你不是同等地對待我，但終究還是愛我的，不是嗎？即使你真的不愛我，我也會因為存有點你愛我的希望而滿足。愛我吧！即使只有一點點。我崇拜你。

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My painting carries with it the message of pain.

我所畫的繪圖都傳達著痛苦的訊息。

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Pain, pleasure and death are no more than a process for existence. The revolutionary struggle in this process is a doorway open to intelligence.

 生命的過程不就是痛楚、歡愉以及死亡。而這當中如果有激烈的掙扎，都是通往智慧的入口。

這些話語都出自她後來被出版成書的日記《The Diary of Frida Kalho》，讓我們能夠更加瞭解這位不凡女性私密的內心話，而她勇敢面對痛苦、愛恨的態度，也讓人們更加推崇她。

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