Top 14 Augusto Boal Quotes

#1. Nothing is going to remain the way it is. Let us, in the present, study the past, so as to invent the future.

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#2. The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to think or to act in his place. The spectator frees himself; he thinks and acts for himself! Theatre is action!

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#3. Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.

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#4. The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution.

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#5. It is not the place of the theatre to show the correct path, but only to offer the means by which all possible paths may be examined.

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#6. Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future, rather than just waiting for it.

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#7. The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.

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

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

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#10. Empathy is the most powerful weapon [ ... ]

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#11. The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).

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#12. Anyone can do theater, even actors. And, theater can be done everywhere, even in a theater.

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#13. Theatre is the most perfect artistic form of coercion.

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

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