Dario Fo

“The true blasphemy is not to laugh at God, but to create a God who does not laugh.”

“The intellectual's weapon is the word.”

“My whole life has been a search for the truth, and I have always found it in the grotesque.”

“Satire is the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.”

“The jester is the natural counter-weight to power.”

“An artist is not a political militant but a jester who tells the truth to power.”

“When in doubt, tell the truth.”

“I am not a moderate. I am a provocateur.”

“The law is equal for all. But not for everyone.”

“A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.”

“Laughter is the most powerful weapon in the world. It’s the weapon of the disenfranchised, of the poor, of the weak.”

“Every time you touch a new culture, you are in a state of crisis.”

“A clown is a poet in action. He is the story which he tells.”