Dario Fo

Film & Theater Italy 1926 – 2016 101 quotes

Nobel-winning commedia dell'arte revivalist of Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Fo's farce delivered quotable anti-authority jabs.

Quotes by Dario Fo

Theater teaches us that reality is malleable, like clay in the hands of the actor.

Autobiography excerpt 1955

Death is the ultimate curtain call, but until then, perform.

Interview 2016

Satire is the soul's revenge on oppression.

Play: We Won't Pay! We Won't Die! 1965

Wisdom comes not from books, but from the laughter of the oppressed.

Speech 1982

Politics is theater for the masses, but without the applause.

Interview 1995

Every great play begins with a single lie that reveals a greater truth.

Professional observation 1978

Life's meaning is found in the struggle, not the victory.

Personal reflection 2000

A good comeback is worth a thousand arguments.

Witty remark 1950

Theater is the mirror that society fears to look into.

Speech 1962

Revolution starts with a whisper on stage.

Play excerpt 1971

Humor is the lubricant of social change.

Interview 1987

In art, as in life, the absurd reveals the profound.

Essay 1992

The artist's duty is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.

Speech 1969

Love is the plot twist no one sees coming.

Personal letter 1945

Power fears the jester more than the knight.

Play: Non si paga, non si muore 1974

Wisdom is knowing when to laugh at your own tragedy.

Interview 2005

Theater without politics is like bread without salt.

Professional remark 1958

Life is a script we improvise daily.

Personal reflection 1983

A witty insult cuts deeper than a sword.

Comeback in debate 1963

Freedom is the right to tell the government to mind its own business.

Speech 1998