"When Raphaël, Rembrandt, Rubens or Gainsborough painted, when Chopin, Mussorgski or Rameau wrote their music, they were contemporary artists. We certainly have a duty to preserve what past generations left us. We have a duty to transmit this heritage to future generations. But we still have a more pressing duty, namely to enrich it with the message of our time." (Michel Krieger)

"Was the Berlin Wall before its demolition a heritage or was it not? Demolished, it is now without any doubt a founding heritage." (Zoe Petre)