When we say that Germany has to become more international, then the House of World Cultures is doing real pioneering work.
Gerhard Schröder, 3 May 2001

In this momentous age of transition, the House of World Cultures - like Berlin itself - is becoming a meeting place for dialogues between cultures, a bridge between the past and the present, East and West, North and South.
Homi K. Bhahba, 4 September 1999, University of Chicago