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

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!

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

Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.

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!).

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

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