Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) Mexican painter
written line on a photograph she gave Diego. (1946)
In 1946 Frida painted 'The Little Deer', her self-portrait as a wounded stag; her health took an irreversible turn for the worse, then.
1946 - 1953
Diary (26 April 1876) as quoted in Garfield (1978) by Allen Peskin, Ch. 13
1870s
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) Mexican painter
written line on a photograph she gave Diego. (1946)
In 1946 Frida painted 'The Little Deer', her self-portrait as a wounded stag; her health took an irreversible turn for the worse, then.
1946 - 1953
“I am a poor man from a poor country, so I have to be entertaining every second.”
Nam June Paik (1932–2006) American video art pioneer
Attributed in: Yuji Takahashi " For Paik http://www.suigyu.com/yuji/en-text/paik.html," exhibition catalogue “ Bye-bye Nam June Paik http://www.watarium.co.jp/exhibition/0606_paik_en.html” at Watarium Museum, 2006. <br class="br">1970s
“I am the poor man's poet; because I am poor myself and I have known what it is to be in love. Not being able to pay them in presents, I pay my mistresses in poetry.”
Pauperibus vates ego sum, quia pauper amavi;
Cum dare non possem munera, verba dabam.
Ovid book Ars amatoria
Book II, lines 165–166 (tr. J. Lewis May)
Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love)
“Everything belongs to me because I am poor.”
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
Visions Of Cody (1973) and The Beginning Of Bop (1959)
“I am crushed by your poor opinion
But will endeavor to carry on.”
Jayne Ann Krentz (1948) American novelist
Source: Second Sight
“Is not because I am a poor sailor and fear the voyage to Skye.”
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Lecture (December 19, 2007)
“I am a beggar for the poor. Serving humanity is the biggest Jihad.”
Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928–2016) Pakistani philanthropist, social activist, ascetic and humanitarian
as quoted by Chris Brummitt of AP, in NBC News ( August 29, 2010 http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38903962/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/t/aging-philanthropist-pakistans-mother-teresa/#.V4_oBvskrcs/). Retrieved on July 21, 2016
“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing.”
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer