Category - Christo

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Often the art in New York is related to the buildings, to grandiose things.

– Christo

Christo

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.

– Christo

Christo

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

Christo

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.

– Christo

Christo

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

Christo

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

– Christo

Christo

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

– Christo

Christo

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

Christo

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

– Christo

Christo

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

Christo

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

– Christo

Christo

We wish to work in total freedom.

– Christo

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