Therefore we have to go over the fact that all human beings are afraid by what is new. It is our work to convince them that they will enjoy it, and even if they don't, to allow us just for… — Christo Copy Share Image
People think our work is monumental because it's art, but human beings do much bigger things: they build giant airports, highways for thousands of miles, much, much bigger than what we create. — Christo Copy Share Image
We have created indoor installations inside museums, like the Wrapped Floor at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 1968, and not monumental… — Christo Copy Share Image
Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle. — Christo Copy Share Image
And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park. — Christo Copy Share Image
Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards. — Christo Copy Share Image
It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years. — Christo Copy Share Image
And for every project, because it takes years, you can see the early drawings and collages as just a simple, vague idea, and through… — Christo Copy Share Image
Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize… — Christo Copy Share Image
If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music. — Christo Copy Share Image
The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we… — Christo Copy Share Image
We are probably the only artists in the world who have a 2,000-page book on a work of art that doesn't exist. But in… — Christo Copy Share Image
But now, today, we don't know if Over the River is truly the next project to be realized, because something very nice happened to… — Christo Copy Share Image
