Several commentators in the last few days have posed the question if the German Parliament had nothing more sensible to do than to consider Christo's wrapping of the Reichstag . Naturally, we have other things to do and, in point of fact, we do them. But is it not one of the causes of general bleakness, superficiality and meaninglessness that human beings still only seldom learn to come to terms with art and to find themselves through their own creativity.
Art is more than commerce and entertainment.
It frees and widens views. It orients and helps us find the reason for our own life. Through this process, we ourselves will become part of the work of art that Christo has created for many years with admirable obstinacy and creative genius. An artist is only seldom successful in setting of such a broad discourse. Professionalism and the art of convincing of a Christo are needed anyhow.