In 1964, when we first arrived in New York City, I remember vividly seeing the skyline of Manhattan, and our first proposal of 1964 was to wrap two lower Manhattan buildings. We never got permission. — 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
