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

— Federico García Lorca

Un muerto en España está más vivo como muerto que en ningún sitio del mundo.

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"Theory and Play of the Duende" from A Poet in New York (1940)

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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.

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

To see you naked is to recall the Earth.

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