Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle. — Christo Copy Share Image
If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music. — Christo Copy Share Image
All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent. — Christo Copy Share Image
Some of the projects we've proposed over the years have been refused. But we never do other people's ideas; our ideas come… — 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… — 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… — Christo Copy Share Image
In 1964, when we first arrived in New York City, I remember vividly seeing the skyline of Manhattan, and our first proposal… — Christo Copy Share Image
We tell them that we believe it will be beautiful because that is our specialty, we only create joy and beauty. We… — Christo Copy Share Image
It's very important to understand that we never do the same thing twice; each of our projects is unique. We'll never do… — Christo Copy Share Image
Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped Reichstag, which went from 1971 to '95, there is an entire book about that,… — Christo Copy Share Image
The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we… — Christo Copy Share Image
Therefore we have to go over the fact that all human beings are afraid by what is new. It is our work… — Christo Copy Share Image
The decision to use only the name Christo was made deliberately when we were young because it is difficult for one artist… — 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
Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards. — Christo Copy Share
It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years. — Christo Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
We never work on only one project because we never know if we will get permission for a project. So, for 'Over the River,'… — Christo Copy Share
In 1964, when we first arrived in New York City, I remember vividly seeing the skyline of Manhattan, and our first proposal of 1964… — Christo Copy Share
That could stay, not forever, because we believe that nothing exists that is forever, not even the dinosaurs, but if well maintained, it could… — Christo Copy Share
