Pier Paolo Pasolini quotes

Pier Paolo Pasolini was an influential Italian film director, poet, and intellectual known for his provocative works. His films and writings often explored taboo subjects, politics, and social issues in postwar Italy. He challenged conventions through his art and left a lasting mark on world cinema and literature. Here are 5 of his quotes:

I don't believe we shall ever again have any form of society in which men will be free. One should not hope for it. One should not hope for anything. Hope is invented by politicians to keep the electorate happy. (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
The mark which has dominated all my work is this longing for life, this sense of exclusion, which doesn't lessen but augments this love of life. View quote
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. View quote
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Death does determine life. View quote
Pier Paolo Pasolini
If you know that I am an unbeliever, then you know me better than I do myself. I may be an unbeliever, but I am an unbeliever who has a nostalgia for a belief. View quote
Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini - Image
Occupation: Italian Director
Born: March 5, 1922
Died: November 2, 1975
Quotes count: 5

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