Christo Quotes

- Artist Born: June 13, 1935

And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park.

City New York Place New

But the drawings are not created only to be sold.

Only Drawings Sold Created

I do a lot of work that's permanent. The drawings, the sculptures, they're permanent.

Work Permanent Lot Sculptures

All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent.

Unique Story Project Like

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

Work Freedom Art Scream

It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years.

Work Collaboration Person Partnership

Some of the projects we've proposed over the years have been refused. But we never do other people's ideas; our ideas come out of our two hearts and our two heads.

People Ideas Never Hearts

It appears to be monumental only because it's art.

Art Only Because Monumental

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

Freedom Cannot Keep Absolute

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.

Look Believe People Important

Our work is a scream of freedom.

Work Freedom Our Scream

That could stay, not forever, because we believe that nothing exists that is forever, not even the dinosaurs, but if well maintained, it could remain for four to five thousand years. And that is definitely not forever.

Believe Stay Nothing Forever

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.

Work Beauty Sad Beautiful

The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park.

Walk People Place Only

Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards.

Because Books Sell Postcards

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.

City New York Remember Buildings

If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music.

Music Our Some Then

And for every project, because it takes years, you can see the early drawings and collages as just a simple, vague idea, and through the years and through the negotiations of getting the permit, you see that every detail is now clarified.

Simple You Detail See

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 our life in November in New York.

Life Today River New York

Germany is an economic giant but a political midget, and with the end of the Cold War she has started to muscle her presence throughout Europe and the world.

War World Political End

New York is our home.

Home New York New Our

Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle.

Long Way Say Now

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.

Art Book Process Meaning

People think our work is monumental because it's art, but human beings do much bigger things: they build giant airports, highways for thousands of miles, much, much bigger than what we create.

Work Art People Think

The freedom of every artist is essential.

Freedom Artist Every Essential

The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we installed our fabric, we had our workers remove 42 tons of garbage off the beaches of those islands. We never brought the garbage back.

Place Back Never Garbage

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