“A poet must be a professor of the five senses.”

Calling for poetry rooted in vivid, fully embodied perception · Lecture, Imagination, Inspiration, Evasion

• Nature
• Poetry

“The theatre is a school of weeping and laughter, a free tribune where men can put into question old or mistaken morals.”

Emphasising theatre’s power to educate feeling and challenge convention · Theatre essay or address

• Art
• Truth

“All that has black sounds has duende.”

Associating profound artistic expression with darkness and emotional depth · Lecture, Theory and Play of the Duende

• Art
• Beauty

“The duende is not in the throat; the duende climbs up inside you, from the soles of the feet.”

Describing artistic inspiration as something bodily and instinctive · Lecture, Theory and Play of the Duende

• Art
• Music

“The duende is a force not a labour, a struggle not a thought.”

Presenting artistic power as a visceral struggle rather than an intellectual technique · Lecture, Theory and Play of the Duende

• Art
• Poetry