Lorca

Here are some notable quotes by Federico García Lorca, the Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director, known for his deeply emotional and symbol-rich writing:

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On Art and Poetry

• “To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
• “Poetry does not want followers, it wants lovers.”
• “The artist, and particularly the poet, is always an anarchist in the best sense of the word. He must heed only the call that arises within him from three strong voices: the voice of death, with all its foreboding; the voice of love, and the voice of art.”
• “Green, how I want you green.”
  (From Romance Sonámbulo, “Verde que te quiero verde” – one of his most iconic lines.)

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On Life and Death

• “In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.”
• “I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace.”

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On Society and Suffering

• “The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth, there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known.”
• “There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscraper’s battle with the heavens that cover them.”
  (From his time in New York – Poet in New York)

If you’re looking for quotes on a particular theme (like love, death, identity, resistance), or from a specific play or poem (e.g., Blood Wedding, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba), I can pull those too.