Top 23 Quotes by Dario Fo

About Dario Fo

These are some quotes by Italian author Dario Fo Playwright, who was born on March 24, 1926.

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.

Dario Fo

Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories they told were shaper satires about the hypocrisy of authority and the middle classes, the two-facedness of teachers and lawyers and politicians. I was born politicized.

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

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.

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

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

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

Dario Fo

It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with words that you can chew, with unusual sounds, with various techniques of rhythm and breathing, even with the rambling nonsense-speech of the 'grammelot.'

Dario Fo

Know how to live the time that is given you.

Know how to live the time that is given you.

Dario Fo

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

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

Dario Fo

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.

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

We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics...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.

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

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