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

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.

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

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.

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!).

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