Statement III

History is a saga of endeavour by some to describe and enter paradise, in conflict with others barring their way; and though paradise is indescribable and therefore impossible to enter, nevertheless the aspiration marks the best there is in the human spirit. All art charts the success and failure of these aspirations, whether at the private or the social level. Therefore society must protect and cherish its artists and create the conditions which ensure their work flourishes.

Arnold Wesker, Fernando Arrabal, Francoise Lalande, Renan Demirkan, Felicitas (Fee) Frischmuth, Paul Schuster, Denise Leclerc, Michèle Le Doeuff, Denis Declerck, Gérard Gelas, Jean-Paul Zehnacker, Gérard Dahan, Martine Feldmann, Pierre-Olivier Scotto, Hildegard Dieterich, Rafaela Wilde, Barbara Hemkes, Anke Patzold, Tony Krahl, Helmut Ruge, Anise Koltz, Mars Klein, Paul Kremer, Guy Rewenig, Camille Kerger, Philippe Lardaud, Roger Seimetz, Ariel Wagner, Guy Wagner

© signataires de la déclaration, 1991