Luigi Pirandello

Film & Theater Italy 1867 – 1936 101 quotes

Nobel winner of Six Characters in Search of an Author, Pirandello questioned reality with quotable metaphysical twists.

Quotes by Luigi Pirandello

A fact is like a sack which will not stand up till it is filled with some reason or other. It is the reason which gives it its standing.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

Life is a very sad thing, but it is also very beautiful.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

We are all puppets, and our strings are pulled by fate.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

Each of us has his own truth, and it is not the same as the truth of others.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

The world is a stage, and we are all actors.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

Man is a being who can never be satisfied.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

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

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

The only way to escape the absurdity of life is to live it to the full.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

Art is the only way to preserve the memory of what we have lost.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

We are all alone in this world, but we are also all connected.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

The truth is a mirror, and we are all afraid to look into it.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

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

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

The only thing that matters is to live in the present moment.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

We are all searching for something, but we don't know what it is.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

The world is a labyrinth, and we are all lost in it.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

The only way to find yourself is to lose yourself in something else.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

Life is a game, and we are all playing it.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

The only way to win is to never give up.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922

We are all born alone and we die alone.

Six Characters in Search of an Author 1922