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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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