 Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards. |
| 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. |
| Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle. |
| Our work is a scream of freedom. |
| The freedom of every artist is essential. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| We wish to work in total freedom. |
| If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| The work of art is a scream of freedom. |
| It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years. |
| And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park. |
| To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
