The work of art is a scream of freedom.
Christo

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 14 days to create that work of art.
Christo

Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize it. That's where the drawings are very important, because at least we can show a projection of what we believe it will look like.
Christo

To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone.
Christo

We don't sell technical drawings except when they are incorporated into a drawing or a collage.
Christo

We have created indoor installations inside museums, like the Wrapped Floor at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 1968, and not monumental at all by any standards.
Christo

We tell them that we believe it will be beautiful because that is our specialty, we only create joy and beauty. We have never done a sad work. Through the drawings, we hope a majority will be able to visualize it.
Christo

We wish to work in total freedom.
Christo

You see, we are not machines and we do not have lots of ideas in a drawer.
Christo