Dario Fo Quotes

Know how to live the time that is given you.
Dario Fo

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

Revolution, Law, Thought

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

Music, Before, Culture

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

Talk, Social, Dangerous

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

Makes, Comedy, State

Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.
Dario Fo

Politics, Either, Expression

With comedy I can search for the profound.
Dario Fo

Comedy, Profound, Search

All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target.
Dario Fo

Power, Become, System

Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture.
Dario Fo

Negative, Often, Used

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

Life, Hero, Sun

In a way, the American side descended to Saddam's level, which happens often in these types of circumstances. That is why the people in Iraq do not accept the current state of affairs.
Dario Fo

Why, American, Often

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

Power, Hard, Control

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

War, Games, Involved

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

Real, Born, Socialism

We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.
Dario Fo

Politics, Freedom, Thought

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

Art, Learned, Stories

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Playwright

Born: March 24, 1926

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