Christo Quotes

- Artist Born: June 13, 1935

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

City, New York, Central Park, Place, New

The work of art is a scream of freedom. - Christo

The work of art is a scream of freedom. Christo

Work, Art, Freedom, Scream

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

Work, Collaboration, Partnership, Person

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. Christo

Life, Today, River, New York, Know, Nice

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

Art, Because, Only, Monumental, Appears

I escaped from my home country, Bulgaria, to Czechoslovakia and then to the West. Christo

Home, Country, West, Then, Escaped

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. Christo

Work, Art, People, Think, Build, Create

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. Christo

Believe, Nothing, Forever, Stay, Years

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

Unique, Story, Project, Fabulous, Like

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

Work, Art, Enjoy, Create, New, Afraid

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

Freedom, Keep, Cannot, We Cannot, Anyone

It's very important to understand that we never do the same thing twice; each of our projects is unique. We'll never do another 'Gates.' Each project is a unique image. We do not know in advance how the work will look. I do preparatory drawings, but they are only projections of our vision. Christo

Work, Vision, Unique, Look, Know, Never

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

Ideas, You, See, Machines, Drawer, Lots

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. Christo

Place, Back, Garbage, Never, Original

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. Christo

War, World, End, Political, She, Muscle

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

People, Believe, Look, Place, Important

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

Art, Museum, Chicago, Museums, Standards

And for me, the real world involves everything: risk, danger, beauty, energy, all we meet with in the real world. Christo

Beauty, World, Me, Energy, Meet, Risk

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

Music, Our, Some, Wrapped, Then, Chamber

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. Christo

Simple, Detail, You, Early, See, Now

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

Because, Postcards, Books, Sell, Posters

But the drawings are not created only to be sold. Christo

Only, Sold, Created, Drawings

New York is our home. Christo

Home, New York, New, Our, York

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

Say, Long, Now, Way, Principle, Take

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. Christo

Art, Book, Process, Meaning, Now, Own

Our work is a scream of freedom. Christo

Work, Freedom, Scream, Our

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