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> [Nothing is going to remain the way it is. Let us, in the present, study the past, so as to invent the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/nothing-is-going-to-remain-the-way-it-is-let-us-in-the-present-study/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

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## Other authors on Study Past

## More by Augusto Boal

> [Theatre is a weapon. For that reason it must be fought for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/theatre-is-a-weapon-for-that-reason-it-must-be-fought-for/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/the-theatre-of-the-oppressed-is-theatre-in-this-most-archaic/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/theatre-is-a-form-of-knowledge-it-should-and-can-also-be-a-means-of/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/the-poetics-of-the-oppressed-is-essentially-the-poetics-of-liberation/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [All human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/all-human-beings-are-actors-they-act-and-spectators-they-observe/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [It is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/it-is-forbidden-to-walk-on-the-grass-it-is-not-forbidden-to-fly-over/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/we-are-all-actors-being-a-citizen-is-not-living-in-society-it-is/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/it-is-not-the-place-of-the-theatre-to-show-the-correct-path-but-only/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [Theatre has nothing to do with buildings or other physical constructions. Theatre - or theatricality - is the capacity, this human property which allows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/theatre-has-nothing-to-do-with-buildings-or-other-physical/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/theatre-is-the-art-of-looking-at-ourselves/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [ Empathy is the most powerful weapon \[...\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/empathy-is-the-most-powerful-weapon/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [Theatre is the most perfect artistic form of coercion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/theatre-is-the-most-perfect-artistic-form-of-coercion/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [Anyone can do theater, even actors. And, theater can be done everywhere, even in a theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/anyone-can-do-theater-even-actors-and-theater-can-be-done-everywhere/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/the-theater-itself-is-not-revolutionary-it-is-a-rehearsal-for-the/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

> [The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-boal/the-theater-is-a-weapon-and-it-is-the-people-who-should-wield-it/)

[Augusto Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-boal/)

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