Federico García Lorca

Film & Theater Spain 1898 – 1936 101 quotes

Poetic surrealist of Blood Wedding, Lorca's imagery evoked quotable passions of love and death.

Quotes by Federico García Lorca

Lorca's laughter is the echo of ancient sorrows.

Witty remark

The guitar weeps for the gypsies.

Romancero Gitano 1928

Politics is the art of the possible, but in Spain, it's the art of the impossible.

Speech 1931

My plays are mirrors of the Spanish soul.

Interview 1936

The nightingale sings of love and death.

Impresiones y Paisajes 1919

In the House of Bernarda Alba, repression is the true villain.

Play 1936

I prefer to be a poet in the street than a bureaucrat in an office.

Personal reflection

The sea is a graveyard of forgotten ships.

Poet in New York 1936

Humor is the salt of tragedy.

Witty remark

Education is the key to liberate the spirit.

Speech 1932

The Andalusian dog barks at the moon.

Film collaboration note 1929

Love speaks in flowers, truth in silence.

Aphorism

Theater without passion is like bread without salt.

Professional observation

In my letters, I bare my soul to the world.

Correspondence 1920

The revolution is in the heart of the people.

Speech 1936

Poetry is the air that the soul breathes.

Interview

Before dying, I want to see the sea one last time.

Last words (attributed) 1936

The olive branch is peace, but in Spain, it's blood.

Poem fragment 1936

Art heals the wounds of the spirit.

Personal reflection

In the silence of the night, the poet finds his voice.

Romancero Gitano 1928