Philippe Petit

Limits exist only in the souls of those who do not dream.

— Philippe Petit

It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working.

— Philippe Petit

I know it's impossible. But I know I'll do it!

— Philippe Petit

Obsessed people are not humorless at all.

— Philippe Petit

Passion is the motto of all my actions.

— Philippe Petit

“The rest is usually just an inhuman amount of tenacious work.”

— Philippe Petit

Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary.

— Philippe Petit

If I die, what a beautiful death.

— Philippe Petit

I love to remember the World Trade Centre walk, but it should not define me.

— Philippe Petit

My first walk illegally at 20 years old was between the towers of Notre Dame.

— Philippe Petit

My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester.

— Philippe Petit

I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.

— Philippe Petit

I was never part of the sailing circle, but I enjoy when I'm invited to sail.

— Philippe Petit

Why does almost every ad agency in the world set the time on a watch at 10:10 before photographing it?

— Philippe Petit

I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform.

— Philippe Petit

I am a thief of knowledge, and in a survival way, I had to solve all the problems around me.

— Philippe Petit

When a loved one disappears, you continue to live with the accompaniment of that person. One has to find a balance between…

— Philippe Petit

The wire is a safe place for me to be. The street is not. Life is not. It's a rigorous and simple…

— Philippe Petit

I don't like to risk my life, so I prepare sometimes for months or sometimes for years. But sometimes after a walk,…

— Philippe Petit

The impossible - we are told - cannot be achieved. To overcome the 'impossible,' we need to use our wits and be…

— Philippe Petit

It's part of my life to feel like a criminal, to have eyes in my back and see if I'm being followed.…

— Philippe Petit

Of course, the slightest little mistake on the wire will deprive me of my life, so in that sense, yes, it is…

— Philippe Petit

The essential thing is to etch movements in the sky, movements so still they leave no trace. The essential thing is simplicity.…

— Philippe Petit

When I perform outside, the major problem that could arise is strong wind.I spend months preparing for the types of wind that…

— Philippe Petit

Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to…

— Philippe Petit

How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass and…

— Philippe Petit

If I look at the performance of another friend Sting, whenever I hear him take over a stage and share his art…

— Philippe Petit

I started making monkey bridges, like kids do, and climbing and rappelling with ropes. Very naturally, I needed some knots. At the…

— Philippe Petit

I have walked many times around the world and each time it's different from the last one. It feels a little bit…

— Philippe Petit

I am fascinated by the engineering. The science of constructing and understanding why it stands. And I am drawn by the madness,…

— Philippe Petit

Notre Dame and Sydney - that was nothing. Notre Dame doesn't have a police station; it is not 1,000 or so feet…

— Philippe Petit

If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of…

— Philippe Petit

My journey has always been the balance between chaos and order.

— Philippe Petit

Passion is the model of all my actions.

— Philippe Petit

Life should be lived on the edge of life.

— Philippe Petit

In my life, I wanted to meet certain people. I never met Charlie Chaplin, but I met Werner Herzog.

— Philippe Petit

I hate all electronic things that are supposed to help the human being. You don't smell, you don't hear, you don't touch…

— Philippe Petit

I wanted all my life to give my world into other arts - books, plays, movies - but I didn't want to…

— Philippe Petit

Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the…

— Philippe Petit

An intellectual challenge presents itself? I am in bliss. Instantly, it brings forth the notion of triumph.

— Philippe Petit