Dario Fo Quotes

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Dario Fo

Profession : Playwright

Birth : March 24, 1926

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

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.

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.

Dario Fo

Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.

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Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture.

Dario Fo

Every time you touch those who have power over the media, they seek to stop you.

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For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.

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It's not bad at all, getting a Nobel and making so many old fossils explode with rage.

Dario Fo

My theater has always been a political battle on the stage.

Dario Fo

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not courting it, either. If you have lived well, it is the fair conclusion to life.

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At the root of everything I write is tragedy.

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