The way the public sees it is this. If we don't leave, we are idiots. If we do leave but don't succeed in our mission, we are incompetent. But if we do succeed, it's because it was easy and anyone… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
People put limitations on their creativity, believing they have to rely on what they know and what they have done. — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere,… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S. Navy. — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century. — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
The way the public sees it is this. If we don't leave, we are idiots. If we do leave but don't succeed in our… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one claim that it is… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
Before achieving a dream, you need to make very little steps... People don't understand that when you want to make a big dream you… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
In the 21st century, I think the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight poverty and introduce more… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
Very often, human beings are living like on autopilot, reacting automatically with what happens. What interests me about the life of an explorer is… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
Adventure is something out of the usual pattern, a point at which you cannot avoid confronting the unknown, so that you have to dig… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
I'm learning kite surfing. It's a little surfboard you have on your feet with straps, and you have a big kite like a power… — Bertrand Piccard Copy Share Image
