Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandellowas an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian. Pirandello's tragic farces are often seen as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth28 June 1867
CountryItaly
Luigi Pirandello quotes about
Our whole knowledge of the world hangs on this very slender thread: the re-gu-la-ri-ty of our experiences
Life is full of infinite absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true
I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you.
You should show some respect for what other people see and feel, even though it be the exact opposite of what you see and feel.
My opinion is a view I hold until... well, until I find something that changes it.
None of us can estimate what we do when we do it from instinct.
It is the hardest thing to close the open hand of someone you love.
When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.
The man, the writer, the instrument of the creation will die, but his creation does not die.
Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.
Life is a very sad piece of buffoonery, because we have .. the need to fool ourselves continuously by the spontaneous creation of a reality .. which, from time to time, reveals itself to be vain and illusory.
Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.
Personally, I don't give a rap for documents; for the truth in my eyes is not in them but in the mind.
When [man] is happy he takes his happiness as it comes and doesn't analyze it, just as if happiness were his right.