Quotes from Christo

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

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.

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.

But the drawings are not created only to be sold.

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.

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

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

We are probably the only artists in the world who have a 2,000-page book on a work of art that doesn't exist. But in this way, these projects reveal their identity through this whole process. When I'm starting, I only have the slightest idea of how the work of art will exist.

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

Our work is a scream of freedom.

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

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

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.

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.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

Every artist in the world likes his or her work to make people think.

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