"Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped……" — Christo
"Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped Reichstag, which went from 1971 to '95, there is an entire book about that, because each one of our projects has its own book. The book is not an art book, meaning it's not written by an art historian."
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34 Quotes by Christo
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I escaped from my home country, Bulgaria, to Czechoslovakia and then to the West.
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All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent.
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In 1964, when we first arrived in New York City, I remember vividly seeing the skyline of Manhattan, and our…
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Often the art in New York is related to the buildings, to grandiose things.
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If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music.
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And for every project, because it takes years, you can see the early drawings and collages as just a simple,…
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And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park.
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Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards.
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But the drawings are not created only to be sold.
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Germany is an economic giant but a political midget, and with the end of the Cold War she has started…
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New York is our home.
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Our work is a scream of freedom.
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