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Federico García Lorca 32
Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director 1898–1936Related quotes

“In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.”

“A heart without music is like beauty without melancholy.”
Tears and Saints (1937)

Source: The Limits of Evolution, and Other Essays, Illustrating the Metaphysical Theory of Personal Ideaalism (1905), The Art-Principle as Represented in Poetry, p.182

“Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.”

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.”

“It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.”
Source: Bleak House (1852-1853), Ch. 28