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Dario Fo Quotes (20 Quotes)


  • I am interested, too, in satirical theater, in the grotesque, or even in tragedy at times, but I am mostly comfortable with comedy.
    (Dario Fo)

  • Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought, revolution in our hearts.
    (Dario Fo)

  • It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.
    (Dario Fo)

  • Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.
    (Dario Fo)

  • We must hold primary elections to choose the center-left candidate for mayor of Milan,
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  • Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.
    (Dario Fo)

  • I felt like an extraordinary hero. I was only five or six and I had the whole of life in my hands. Even if I had been driving the carriage of the sun I could not have felt any better.
    (Dario Fo)

  • Real socialism is inside man. It wasn't born with Marx. It was in the communes of Italy in the Middle Ages. You can't say it is finished.
    (Dario Fo)

  • Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe.
    (Dario Fo)

  • I had the great good fortune to be born in a mad village. It was the kind of village that you could not actually invent.
    (Dario Fo)

  • When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.
    (Dario Fo)

  • It is extremely dangerous to talk about limits or borders. It is vital, instead, that we remain completely open, that we are always involved, and that we aim to contribute personally in social events.
    (Dario Fo)

  • It is not just a question of experience, nor is it a question of age ... There are some people who live only 20 years, but many, many people remember them because they knew how to live the time that was given to them. I'm not suggesting that you should live only 20 years. Live as long as you can, but from time to time, think '20 years, 20 years, 20 years', and put them together.
    (Dario Fo)

  • With comedy I can search for the profound.
    (Dario Fo)

  • Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.
    (Dario Fo)


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