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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
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We wish to work in total freedom.
— Christo
Tags: total, wish, freedom, work
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.
— Christo
Tags: beautiful, beauty, work, sad
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
Tags: new, remember, never, city
I do a lot of work that's permanent. The drawings, the sculptures, they're permanent.
— Christo
Tags: drawings, lot, permanent, work
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
Tags: will, never, river, work
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