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 punishment.
Inferno
1897
The human heart is a labyrinth.
To Damascus
1898
All is vanity.
The Ghost Sonata
1907
The future is a dark abyss.
Inferno
1897
Love is a battlefield.
The Father
1887
The artist is a prophet.
Preface to Miss Julie
1889
The world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
A Dream Play
1901
The greatest tragedy is to be born.
Inferno
1897
Man is a creature of habit.
Miss Julie
1888
The human mind is a mystery.
To Damascus
1898
Everything is illusion.
The Ghost Sonata
1907
The only constant is change.
Miss Julie
1888
The world is a dream, and we are all dreaming it.
A Dream Play
1901
To live is to suffer.
Inferno
1897
The human will is a powerful force.
The Father
1887
The artist is a madman.
Inferno
1897
The theatre is a mirror of life.
Preface to Miss Julie
1889
The greatest illusion is love.
The Father
1887
The human soul is a battleground of good and evil.
To Damascus
1898
All is suffering.
The Ghost Sonata
1907