43 Quotes by Christo

New York City is one of the most walking cities in the world. We tried to design some structures that will enhance that simple act of walking.

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

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.

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.

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.

To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone.

We chose the Arkansas River because it is so habitable there is so much human activity. Also, there is no screen of trees to block the view of the river and there are high banks,

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