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Quotes by Bulgarian Authors

"New York is our home."
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Christo
"New York is our home."
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"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."
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Christo
"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."
"The freedom of every artist is essential."
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Christo
"The freedom of every artist is essential."
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"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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Christo
"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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"Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle."
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Christo
"Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle."
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"To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone."
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Christo
"To keep that absolute freedom we cannot be obliged to anyone."
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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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Christo
"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."
"I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations, notably in the countries of South East Europe, because we are well familiar with this country's track record of religious tolerance."
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Georgi Purvanov
"I believe that the capital of the Republic of Albania is a suitable venue for discussing the dialogue among religions and civilizations, notably in the countries of South East Europe, because we are well familiar with this country's track record of religious tolerance."
"Our work is a scream of freedom."
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Christo
"Our work is a scream of freedom."
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"Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards."
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Christo
"Because we do not sell photographs, we have no royalties on books, posters, postcards."
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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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Christo
"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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"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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Christo
"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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"We wish to work in total freedom."
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Christo
"We wish to work in total freedom."
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"A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to write."
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Todor Zhivkov
"A good journalist is not the one that writes what people say, but the one that writes what he is supposed to write."
"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."
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Christo
"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 work of art is a scream of freedom."
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Christo
"The work of art is a scream of freedom."
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"There are some common problems in the Balkans in the settlement of which Bulgaria should also participate."
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Todor Zhivkov
"There are some common problems in the Balkans in the settlement of which Bulgaria should also participate."
"The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park."
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Christo
"The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park."
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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."
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Christo
"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."
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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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Christo
"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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"We are aware that in 2005 our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of the Republic of Bulgaria in the area of foreign policy, and our efforts to attain fully our strategic goals will be mostly contingent upon the way we address our domestic priorities."
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Georgi Purvanov
"We are aware that in 2005 our efforts to preserve the stability and prestige of the Republic of Bulgaria in the area of foreign policy, and our efforts to attain fully our strategic goals will be mostly contingent upon the way we address our domestic priorities."
"It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years."
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Christo
"It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years."
"The police belongs to the people and the people belong to the police."
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Todor Zhivkov
"The police belongs to the people and the people belong to the police."
"Winning is everything."
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Youlia Maleeva
"Winning is everything."
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"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."
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Christo
"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."
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"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."
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Christo
"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."
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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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Christo
"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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"If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music."
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Christo
"If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music."
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"We must make a radical turn, at 360 degrees."
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Todor Zhivkov
"We must make a radical turn, at 360 degrees."
"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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Christo
"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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"It appears to be monumental only because it's art."
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Christo
"It appears to be monumental only because it's art."
Art,
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"The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next."
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Christo
"The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next."
"You see, we are not machines and we do not have lots of ideas in a drawer."
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Christo
"You see, we are not machines and we do not have lots of ideas in a drawer."
"On building homes for fallen angels:When I was small - I sought a home,a place to go and rest my bones.Then founded something, of my own,I lived among the restless stones.If seeking leads you back to evil,what good is that, I asked a weevil.He said a home is what you make,it can't be real, if it is fake...And if you wait instead of seek,will you find love, or something bleak?I know (myself) for I have found,a beauty, hidden " in a sound.Waiting is boring.And so is exploring.A smile is sometimes all it takes.And then your whole world simply breaks."
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Will Advise
"On building homes for fallen angels:When I was small - I sought a home,a place to go and rest my bones.Then founded something, of my own,I lived among the restless stones.If seeking leads you back to evil,what good is that, I asked a weevil.He said a home is what you make,it can't be real, if it is fake...And if you wait instead of seek,will you find love, or something bleak?I know (myself) for I have found,a beauty, hidden " in a sound.Waiting is boring.And so is exploring.A smile is sometimes all it takes.And then your whole world simply breaks."
"I'd like to make a twosome with two handsome trees. Make that a threesome as I'd also include a bush in the package, to keep it low profile."
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Will Advise
"I'd like to make a twosome with two handsome trees. Make that a threesome as I'd also include a bush in the package, to keep it low profile."
"Whenever a river reaches the ocean, it waits to go back.."
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Will Advise
"Whenever a river reaches the ocean, it waits to go back.."
"Cats are marvelous creatures - they either adapt to circumstances, or decide to make circumstances adapt to them. Either way - they win."
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Will Advise
"Cats are marvelous creatures - they either adapt to circumstances, or decide to make circumstances adapt to them. Either way - they win."
"The love of one cat simply can't be compared with the love of another.."
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Will Advise
"The love of one cat simply can't be compared with the love of another.."
"Once a thing is removed from your heart, a trace of it still remains."
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Will Advise
"Once a thing is removed from your heart, a trace of it still remains."
"When one is just sad one should just be alone."
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Will Advise
"When one is just sad one should just be alone."
"Why just order a pizza, when you can get a restraining order for the delivery guys, make them come to you, sue them, and get all the profit?"
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Will Advise
"Why just order a pizza, when you can get a restraining order for the delivery guys, make them come to you, sue them, and get all the profit?"
"And now, for something completely the same:Wasted time and wasted breath,'s what I'll make, until my death.Helping people 'd be as good,but I wouldn't, if I could.For the few that help deserve,have no need, or not the nerve,help from strangers to accept,plus from mine a few have wept.Wept from joy, or from despair,or just from my vengeful stare.Ways I have, to look at stupid,make them see I am not Cupid.Make them see they are in error,for of truth I am a bearer.Most decide I'm just a bear,mauling at them, - like I care."
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Will Advise
"And now, for something completely the same:Wasted time and wasted breath,'s what I'll make, until my death.Helping people 'd be as good,but I wouldn't, if I could.For the few that help deserve,have no need, or not the nerve,help from strangers to accept,plus from mine a few have wept.Wept from joy, or from despair,or just from my vengeful stare.Ways I have, to look at stupid,make them see I am not Cupid.Make them see they are in error,for of truth I am a bearer.Most decide I'm just a bear,mauling at them, - like I care."
"Starlight is best felt at noon..."
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Will Advise
"Starlight is best felt at noon..."
"The only way to efficiently battle evil is to copy enough to know how to counter each argument, yet not enough to believe all the bullshit."
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Will Advise
"The only way to efficiently battle evil is to copy enough to know how to counter each argument, yet not enough to believe all the bullshit."
"To adore one has to yearn."
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Will Advise
"To adore one has to yearn."
"Rain is the purest of natural happenings."
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Will Advise
"Rain is the purest of natural happenings."
"And I will wait for Jarod to work for me. For free, cause if it's paid, it's work and not love, unless, of course he loves to work, in which case he'll surely love working for me, because I love people who love to do that to love to do that."
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Will Advise
"And I will wait for Jarod to work for me. For free, cause if it's paid, it's work and not love, unless, of course he loves to work, in which case he'll surely love working for me, because I love people who love to do that to love to do that."
"I think she's too single for me, and she thinks I'm with two other people. She also thinks she thinks, I think."
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Will Advise
"I think she's too single for me, and she thinks I'm with two other people. She also thinks she thinks, I think."
"Home means always here..."
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Will Advise
"Home means always here..."
"I'm like my cat. I run around in circles in my apartment, because the big bad outside is just too big. And scary. And outside. How do stray cats deal with all the stress of having no protection from all the air that's going on around there, without anyone to guide and control it into timidity?"
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Will Advise
"I'm like my cat. I run around in circles in my apartment, because the big bad outside is just too big. And scary. And outside. How do stray cats deal with all the stress of having no protection from all the air that's going on around there, without anyone to guide and control it into timidity?"
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