Did Federico Garcia Lorca really say 'I want to be a poet, not a professor.'?

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I want to be a poet, not a professor.

— Federico Garcia Lorca Modern · Spanish poet and playwright

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"There are wounds that bleed in the soul, not in the body."

"The saddest thing in the world is a bird in a cage."

"The poet must be a teacher, not a student."

"The greatest joy for a poet is to be understood."

"My heart is a wounded bird that seeks the highest branches."

Letter to his family during his student years.

Date: Early 1920s

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