In 1964, Jeanne-Claude and I became illegal aliens. That's when we moved here from Paris. And for three years, we were illegal aliens living in an illegal building. At that time, some artists started to move to SoHo, and they… — 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 to get established and we wanted to put all the chances on our side. — 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
