Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

43 Federico Garcia Lorca's Quotes That Will Pump You With Great Zeal

Famous As: Spanish Poet, Playwright, and Theatre Director.
Born On: June 5, 1898
Died On: August 19, 1936
Born In: Fuente Vaqueros, Spain
Died At Age: 38
Federico Garcia Lorca was a Spanish poet and playwright. In 1909, while he was in his secondary school his interest in literature and music was ignited. He gained international acclamation as a figurative member of the 'Generation of 27', a group that embodied mostly poets. He was a multitalented person who loved music and paintings as well. Although many people knew him as a musician, he secretly wrote poems and prose, which reflect his thoughts on several things and have become popular quotes over time. His writing skills helped him compose plays for theatres at an early age. Exalted for his plays and writings, not much is known about his love for paintings. He left behind over 300 drawings done secretly, which came to light recently. Lorca was believed to be assassinated in 1936, by the Nationalist militia. His poems, prose and quotes are sure to give you hope in the times of despair. Read on the compilation of his thoughts and quotes. 
To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

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

Federico García Lorca
To see you naked is to recall the Earth.

To see you naked is to recall the Earth.

Federico García Lorca
But hurry, let's entwine ourselves as one, our mouth broken, our soul bitten by love, so time discovers us safely destroyed.

But hurry, let's entwine ourselves as one, our mouth broken, our soul bitten by love, so time discovers us safely destroyed.

Federico García Lorca
I've often lost myself,
in order to find the burn that keeps everything awake

I've often lost myself, in order to find the burn that keeps everything awake

Federico García Lorca
I know there is no straight road 
No straight road in this world 
Only a giant labyrinth 
Of intersecting crossroads

I know there is no straight road No straight road in this world Only a giant labyrinth Of intersecting crossroads

Federico García Lorca
...I am the immense shadow of my tears

...I am the immense shadow of my tears

Federico García Lorca
Only mystery allows us to live, only mystery.

Only mystery allows us to live, only mystery.

Federico García Lorca
Today in my heart
a vague trembling of stars
and all roses are
as white as my pain.

Today in my heart a vague trembling of stars and all roses are as white as my pain.

Federico García Lorca
At the heart of all great art is an essential melancholy.

At the heart of all great art is an essential melancholy.

Federico García Lorca
As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.

As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.

Federico García Lorca
We're all curious about what might hurt us.

We're all curious about what might hurt us.

Federico García Lorca
Pero yo ya no soy yo
Ni mi casa es ya mi casa.

But now I am no longer I,
nor is my house any longer my house.

Pero yo ya no soy yo Ni mi casa es ya mi casa. But now I am no longer I, nor is my house any longer my house.

Federico García Lorca
My head is full of fire
and grief and my tongue
runs wild, pierced
with shards of glass.

My head is full of fire and grief and my tongue runs wild, pierced with shards of glass.

Federico García Lorca
In Spain the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.

In Spain the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.

Federico García Lorca
If blue is dream
what then innocence?
What awaits the heart
if Love bears no arrows?

If blue is dream what then innocence? What awaits the heart if Love bears no arrows?

Federico García Lorca
The night below. We two. Crystal of pain.
You wept over great distances.
My ache was a clutch of agonies
over your sickly heart of sand.

The night below. We two. Crystal of pain. You wept over great distances. My ache was a clutch of agonies over your sickly heart of sand.

Federico García Lorca
If I told you the whole story it would never end...What's happened to me has happened to a thousand woman.

If I told you the whole story it would never end...What's happened to me has happened to a thousand woman.

Federico García Lorca
¡Ay qué trabajo me cuesta, quererte como te quiero!

¡Ay qué trabajo me cuesta, quererte como te quiero!

Federico García Lorca
I put my head
out of my window and see
how much the wind’s knife
wants to slice it off.
On this unseen
guillotine, I’ve placed
the eyeless head
of all my desires.

I put my head out of my window and see how much the wind’s knife wants to slice it off. On this unseen guillotine, I’ve placed the eyeless head of all my desires.

Federico García Lorca
Don't ask me any questions. I've seen how things that seek their way find their void instead.

Don't ask me any questions. I've seen how things that seek their way find their void instead.

Federico García Lorca
I want to sleep for half a second, 
a second, a minute, a century,
but I want everyone to know that I'm still alive...

I want to sleep for half a second, a second, a minute, a century, but I want everyone to know that I'm still alive...

Federico García Lorca
A poet must be a professor of the five senses and must open doors among them.

A poet must be a professor of the five senses and must open doors among them.

Federico García Lorca
From New Heart

Like a snake, my heart
has shed its skin.
I hold it here in my hand,
full of honey and wounds.

From New Heart Like a snake, my heart has shed its skin. I hold it here in my hand, full of honey and wounds.

Federico García Lorca
Death laid its eggs in the wound

Death laid its eggs in the wound

Federico García Lorca
The important thing in life is to let the years carry us along.

The important thing in life is to let the years carry us along.

Federico García Lorca
I'll go to Santiago.
And the banana tree a jellyfish.

I'll go to Santiago. And the banana tree a jellyfish.

Federico García Lorca
Set in place the lovers who will afterwards be photographs.

Set in place the lovers who will afterwards be photographs.

Federico García Lorca
After Passing By

The children watch
a distant point.
Lamps go out.
Some blind girls
question the moon
and spirals of grief
rise in the air.
The mountains survey
a distant point.

After Passing By The children watch a distant point. Lamps go out. Some blind girls question the moon and spirals of grief rise in the air. The mountains survey a distant point.

Federico García Lorca
Here I want to see those men of hard voice. 
Those that break horses and dominate rivers; 
those men of sonorous skeleton who sing 
with a mouth full of sun and flint.

Here I want to see those men of hard voice. Those that break horses and dominate rivers; those men of sonorous skeleton who sing with a mouth full of sun and flint.

Federico García Lorca
Every Song

Every song
is the remains
of love.

Every light
the remains
of time.
A knot
of time.

And every sigh
the remains
of a cry.

Every Song Every song is the remains of love. Every light the remains of time. A knot of time. And every sigh the remains of a cry.

Federico García Lorca