Keynote Paper read by Avtarjeet Dhanjal for the Seminar
'Shaping Histories - Imagining Futures'
At UNESCO Conference on Culture & Development
March 31, 1998, Stockholm

Today we are gathered here in this room and I, as an artist, will invite you to join me in extending and expanding the boundaries of this room beyond it's four walls. We artists have the power of imagination to expand this space as far as we intend, enough even to accommodate the whole planet and beyond. That is the prerogative of creative artists.

At one time on this planet, there were only fish, animals, birds, and insects. There were also those animals that looked like humans but they were not different from the others either. They were all fighting, killing and eating each other. That made God very unhappy.

Preparing for the Next Century
The Tribune, Changarh, India

Many people all over the world positively hope and intensely imagine that this magical time will make this world a better place to live.

Keynote Paper for the Seminar - at the UNESCO Conference on Culture & Development, Stockholm March 31, 1998,

Today we are gathered here in this room and I, as an artist, will invite you to join me in extending and expanding the boundaries of this room beyond it's four walls. We artists have the power of imagination to expand this space as far as we intend, enough even to accommodate the whole planet and beyond. That is the prerogative of creative artists.