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> [Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything. This is as true for the infant moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/everyone-can-act-everyone-can-improvise-anyone-who-wishes-to-can-play-2/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/viola-spolin-23943_crawling_everyone-can-act-everyone-can-improvise_1813885.jpg)

> [“Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become stageworthy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/everyone-can-act-everyone-can-improvise-anyone-who-wishes-to-can-play-3/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

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## More by Viola Spolin

> [That which is not yet known comes out of that which is not yet here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/that-which-is-not-yet-known-comes-out-of-that-which-is-not-yet-here/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [It is highly possible that what is called 'talented behavior' is simply a greater individual capacity for experiencing. From this point of view, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/it-is-highly-possible-that-what-is-called-talented-behavior-is-simply/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [Get out of your head, into your space and await the invisible stranger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/get-out-of-your-head-into-your-space-and-await-the-invisible-stranger/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [The audience is the most revered member of the theater. Without an audience, there is no theater. Everything done is ultimately for the enjoyment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/the-audience-is-the-most-revered-member-of-the-theater-without-an/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [Through spontaneity we are re-formed into ourselves. It creates an explosion that for the moment frees us from handed-down frames of reference, memory choked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/through-spontaneity-we-are-re-formed-into-ourselves-it-creates-an/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [First teach a person to develop to the point of his limitation and then-pfft!-break the limitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/first-teach-a-person-to-develop-to-the-point-of-his-limitation-and/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [When student-actors see people and the way they behave when together, see the color of the sky, hear the sounds in the air, feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/when-student-actors-see-people-and-the-way-they-behave-when-together/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [The unknown is where we go to find new things and intuition is how we find them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/the-unknown-is-where-we-go-to-find-new-things-and-intuition-is-how-we/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His world: dominated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/there-are-few-places-outside-his-own-play-where-a-child-can/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theatre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/everyone-can-act-everyone-can-improvise-anyone-who-wishes-to-can-play/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [General improvisations often give actors an insight beyond their words by helping them to 'see the word' and achieve a reality for the scene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/general-improvisations-often-give-actors-an-insight-beyond-their/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [If the environment permits it, anyone can learn whatever he chooses to learn, and if the individual permits it, the environment will teach him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/if-the-environment-permits-it-anyone-can-learn-whatever-he-chooses-to/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [Theater Games are a process applicable to any field, discipline, or subject matter which creates a place where full participation, communication, and transformation can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/theater-games-are-a-process-applicable-to-any-field-discipline-or/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [Creativity is not the clever rearranging of the known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/creativity-is-not-the-clever-rearranging-of-the-known/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

> [Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn through experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-spolin/everyone-can-act-everyone-can-improvise-anyone-who-wishes-to-can-play-2/)

[Viola Spolin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-spolin/)

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