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.

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

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

Dario Fo

I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.

Dario Fo

We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this spirit returns.

We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this spirit returns.

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.

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

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.

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

With comedy I can search for the profound.

With comedy I can search for the profound.

Dario Fo

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

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.

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

Dario Fo

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

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

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

Dario Fo

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