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Federico García Lorca Quotes

1898–1936 Spain

Federico García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, dramatist, painter, pianist and composer.

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Also known as: Federico Garcia Lorca, García Lorca, García Lorca, Federico, Lorca, Lorca, Federico García

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Besides black art, there is nothing left in the United States but automation and mechanization.

To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization.

A dead man in Spain is more alive than a dead man anywhere in the world.

Como no me he preocupado de nacer, no me preocupo de morir.

To see you naked is to recall the Earth.

Don't look at me any more! If you want, I'll give you my eyes — which are still fresh — and my back so you can fix that hump of yours.

The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)

Little black horse.
Where are you taking your dead rider?

We old women see through walls.

The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)

The still pool of air
under the branch of echo. The still pool of water
under a frond of stars. The still pool of your mouth
under a thicket of kisses.

You have always been smart. You have always looked for the worst in people, and have been quick to notice when people are up to no good... But in the case of your children, you are blind.

The House of Bernarda Alba (1936)

I will not see it! Tell the moon to come,
for I do not want to see the blood
of Ignacio on the sand. I will not see it!

Green, how I want you green.
Green wind. Green branches.
The ship out on the sea
and the horse on the mountain.

The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the joy that will burst into the world on the day of that great revolution.

Attributed New Alchemy Quarterly (1983)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Federico García Lorca (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.