August Strindberg

Film & Theater Sweden 1849 – 1912 100 quotes

Naturalistic and expressionistic writer of Miss Julie, Strindberg explored gender and psychology with quotable intensity.

Quotes by August Strindberg

Life is a dream, and we are all dreaming it together.

Miss Julie 1888

There are no absolutely innocent people, only more or less guilty ones.

The Father 1887

Woman is the natural enemy of man.

The Father 1887

The strongest is he who stands alone.

Miss Julie 1888

The human soul is a battlefield.

To Damascus 1898

Everything is a dream, a dream within a dream.

A Dream Play 1901

It is difficult to be a human being.

A Dream Play 1901

Man is a wolf to man.

The Father 1887

The world is a madhouse.

Inferno 1897

Hate is a divine passion.

Inferno 1897

Marriage is a duel to the death.

The Father 1887

The theatre is a school for life.

Preface to Miss Julie 1889

Art is a lie that tells the truth.

Preface to Miss Julie 1889

The greatest joy is to be alone.

Inferno 1897

There is no justice in this world.

The Father 1887

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

The Ghost Sonata 1907

Silence is the only answer to a fool.

Miss Julie 1888

The world is a prison.

Inferno 1897

Truth is a dangerous weapon.

The Father 1887

To suffer is to be.

A Dream Play 1901