Actor Quotes by Augusto Boal

Theatre is a weapon. For that reason it must be fought for.

— Augusto Boal

The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they…

— Augusto Boal

Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future,…

— Augusto Boal

The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to think or…

— Augusto Boal

All human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).

— Augusto Boal

It is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass.

— Augusto Boal

We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.

— Augusto Boal

It is not the place of the theatre to show the correct path, but only to offer the means by which all possible paths…

— Augusto Boal

Theatre has nothing to do with buildings or other physical constructions. Theatre - or theatricality - is the capacity, this human property which allows…

— Augusto Boal

Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.

— Augusto Boal

Empathy is the most powerful weapon [...]

— Augusto Boal

Theatre is the most perfect artistic form of coercion.

— Augusto Boal