“I hate symbolic art in which the presentation loses all spontaneous movement in order to become a machine, an allegory -- a vain and misconceived effort because the very fact of giving an allegorical sense to a presentation clearly shows that we have to do with a fable which by itself has no truth either fantastic or direct; it was made for the demonstration of some moral truth.” GivingArtMadeFactsShowsHateOrderLosesEffortMoralMovementDirectMachinesI HateFantasticVainSpontaneousPresentationDemonstrationSymbolicFablesAllegory Author:Luigi Pirandello
“Do you believe you can know yourselves if you don't somehow con- struct yourselves? Or that I can know you if I don't construct you in my way? And can you know me if I don't construct you in my way? We can know only what we succeed in giving form to.” IfsKnowsWayGivingBelieveI CanFormIdentitySucceedMy WayKnow MeConstructsBelieve You Can Author:Luigi Pirandello
“Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life.” MenLifeGivingLittlesDoeValuesLevelsKnowingPlantSakeBeastVery TrueTrue ManPlants And Life Book:Six Characters in Search of an Author Source: Six Characters in Search of an Author
“I would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul; phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true.” IfsLoveGivingWritingMindHeartArtSoulDreamWould BeBeautifulAirShareMy HeartMy SoulMy TimeDreams Come TruePhantoms Book:Pirandello's Love Letters to Marta Abba Source: Pirandello's Love Letters to Marta Abba
“When a character is born, he acquires at once such an independence, even of his own author, that he can be imagined by everybody even in many other situations where the author never dreamed of placing him; and so he acquires for himself a meaning which the author never thought of giving him.” GivingCharacterBornSituationIndependenceAcquire Book:Six Characters in Search of an Author Source: Six Characters in Search of an Author
“Personally, I don't give a rap for documents; for the truth in my eyes is not in them but in the mind.” GivingMindEyeTruthRapDocuments Author:Luigi Pirandello
