“There are notes in the poet's intelligence that belong to that of woman, and these are the ones that express tenderness, passion and feeling.”

Original: En la escala de la inteligencia del poeta hay notas que pertenecen á la de la mujer, y éstas son las que expresan la ternura, la pasión y el sentimiento. — He places tenderness and emotional sensitivity at the heart of poetic intelligence. · Letter I, Cartas literarias a una mujer (Spanish)

• Feeling
• Poetry
• Tenderness

“The true genius has certain extraordinary attributes which Balzac calls feminine, and which indeed they are.”

Original: El genio verdadero tiene algunos atributos extraordinarios, que Balzac llama femeninos, y que, efectivamente, lo son. — Bécquer associates creative genius with qualities traditionally regarded as feminine, particularly sensitivity. · Letter I, Cartas literarias a una mujer (Spanish)

• Creativity
• Genius
• Sensitivity

“The solitude is the realm of consciousness.”

Original: La soledad es el imperio de la conciencia. — Solitude is presented as the inward territory in which consciousness becomes fully sovereign. · El caudillo de las manos rojas (Spanish)

• Consciousness
• Reflection
• Solitude