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And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park. Christo
City Park New Most Unusual York New York New York City Place Central Central Park
We must make a radical turn, at 360 degrees. Todor Zhivkov
Radical Must Degrees Make Turn
We don't sell technical drawings except when they are incorporated into a drawing or a collage. Christo
Collage Drawing Drawings Except Sell Technical Incorporated
It's good to have a good teacher, but you always need a pretty good student. Grigor Dimitrov
Teacher Good Good Teacher You Pretty Pretty Good Good Student Student Always Need
Our work is a scream of freedom. Christo
Work Freedom Our Scream
It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years. Christo
Work Collaboration Only Partnership Years Person Really
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
Nothing Believe Definitely Thousand Thousand Years Stay Dinosaurs Remain Could Maintained Well Because Years Exists Five Forever Even Four
It appears to be monumental only because it's art. Christo
Art Monumental Only Because Appears
The freedom of every artist is essential. Christo
Freedom Every Artist Essential
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 Projection Will Important Believe Drawings Visualize About New Like Look Talk Because Least Arrive New People Very Where Place Them Hard Show Therefore Image
To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone. Christo
Freedom We Cannot Obliged Absolute Absolute Freedom Anyone Cannot Keep
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
Sad Work Beautiful Hope Joy Will Beauty Believe Our Drawings Tell Visualize Able Only Through Never Majority Because Done Them Create Specialty
If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music. Christo
Music Symphonies Our Wrapped Some Then Works 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
You Simple Every Project Collage Negotiations Drawings Detail See Through Takes Idea Because Permit Years Getting Just Now Early Vague Vague Idea
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 November Nice Our Project Something River Over New Know Because Truly Very York New York Happened Realized Next Now
New York is our home. Christo
Home Our New York New York
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 Own Our Projects Wrapped Entire About Written Because Historian Process Which Meaning Describe Each Reichstag Now Each One
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 Build Think Our Monumental Airport Giant Thousands Highways Because Than Human Human Beings Bigger Create Much Miles Beings Things
The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park. Christo
People Walk Only Park Where Manhattan Leisure Place
The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next. Christo
Work Will Other State Project Those Both Colorado River Arkansas Over Know Got Permit Get Trying Which Realized Next Working Therefore Started
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 Monumental Inside Wrapped Indoor Like Contemporary Contemporary Art Chicago Any Created Standards Floor Museum Museums
We wish to work in total freedom. Christo
Work Freedom Wish Total Total Freedom
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
Decision Made Young Difficult Side Our Only Deliberately Put Name Because Were Get Artist Established Wanted Use Chances
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 put A.I.R. - artists-in-residence - up on their windows. Christo
Time Alien Three Building Living Some Windows Paris Put Became Were Years Up Move Artists Moved Illegal Illegal Aliens Here Started
I escaped from my home country, Bulgaria, to Czechoslovakia and then to the West. Christo
Home Country Bulgaria West Escaped Then Czechoslovakia
We never work on only one project because we never know if we will get permission for a project. So, for 'Over the River,' we started in 1992. I was just finishing 'The Umbrellas' in Japan and California, and I was also working on getting permission to wrap the Reichstag. Christo
Work Will Project Wrap Only Finishing Never River Over Know Also California Because Permission Get Getting Just Japan Working Reichstag Started
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