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" It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years. "
Christo
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" The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park. "
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" That could stay, not forever, because we believe that nothing exists that is forever, not even the dinosaurs, but if well maintained, it could remain for four to five thousand years. And that is definitely not forever. "
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" The freedom of every artist is essential. "
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" 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. "
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" It appears to be monumental only because it's art. "
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" Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards. "
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" And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park. "
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" Therefore we have to go over the fact that all human beings are afraid by what is new. It is our work to convince them that they will enjoy it, and even if they don't, to allow us just for 14 days to create that work of art. "
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" 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. "
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" Our work is a scream of freedom. "
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" 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. "
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" To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone. "
Christo
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" 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. "
Christo
She
War
World
" Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle. "
Christo
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Say
Take
" 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. "
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Know
Look
" New York is our home. "
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New
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" 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
Now
Detail
Early
" 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. "
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" The work of art is a scream of freedom. "
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" 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. "
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Chicago
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" All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent. "
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Unique
Like
" If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music. "
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Then
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Some
" And for me, the real world involves everything: risk, danger, beauty, energy, all we meet with in the real world. "
Christo
Beauty
Me
Meet
" But the drawings are not created only to be sold. "
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