"We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering……" — Dario Fo
"We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression. When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories."
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Dario Fo
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25 Quotes by Dario Fo
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We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are…
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All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being…
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Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.
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Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.
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Real socialism is inside man. It wasn't born with Marx. It was in the communes of Italy in the Middle…
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A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.
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It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express…
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With comedy I can search for the profound.
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When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.
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It is extremely dangerous to talk about limits or borders. It is vital, instead, that we remain completely open, that…
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Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.
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