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
If only we could see in advance all the harm that can come from the good we think we are doing.
Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be - like the reality of yesterday - an illusion tomorrow.
Inevitably we construct ourselves. Let me explain. I enter this house and immediately I become what I have to become, what I can become: I construct myself. That is, I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you. And, of course, you do the same with me.
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.
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.
You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow.
In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream.
None of us can estimate what we do when we do it from instinct.
Pretending is a virtue. If you cant pretend, you can't be king.