“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
“And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park.”
“Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards.”
“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.”
“But the drawings are not created only to be sold.”
“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.”
“If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music.”
“It appears to be monumental only because it's art.”
“It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years.”
“New York is our home.”
“Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle.”
“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.”
