--- title: "22 Life Quotes By Philippe Petit" description: "22 Life quotes by Philippe Petit. Plus more from Philippe Petit and more Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/philippe-petit-3697_edges_life-should-be-lived-on-the-edge-of-life_1233487.jpg" --- > [Life should be lived on the edge of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/life-should-be-lived-on-the-edge-of-life/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/philippe-petit-3697_edges_life-should-be-lived-on-the-edge-of-life_1233487.jpg) > [Passion is the model of all my actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/passion-is-the-model-of-all-my-actions/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/philippe-petit-3697_action_passion-is-the-model-of-all-my-actions-1_1567646.jpg) > [On one side, the mass of a mountain. A life I know. On the other, the universe of the clouds, so full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/on-one-side-the-mass-of-a-mountain-a-life-i-know-on-the-other-the/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/philippe-petit-3697_clouds_on-one-side-the-mass-of-a-mountain-a-lif_1082609.jpg) > [Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/art-is-maybe-a-subversive-activity-there-is-a-certain-rebellion-when/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/philippe-petit-3697_activity_art-is-maybe-a-subversive-activity-there_1467932.jpg) > [I don't have a career, I have a life. Don't think of a career, think about your passion and look for inspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-don-t-have-a-career-i-have-a-life-don-t-think-of-a-career-think/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/philippe-petit-3697_career_i-don-t-have-a-career-i-have-a-life-don_3195097.jpg) > [In my life, I wanted to meet certain people. I never met Charlie Chaplin, but I met Werner Herzog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/in-my-life-i-wanted-to-meet-certain-people-i-never-met-charlie/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96e/philippe-petit-3697_certain_in-my-life-i-wanted-to-meet-certain-peop_335552.jpg) > [I wanted all my life to give my world into other arts - books, plays, movies - but I didn't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-wanted-all-my-life-to-give-my-world-into-other-arts-books-plays/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/philippe-petit-3697_arts_i-wanted-all-my-life-to-give-my-world-in_1888070.jpg) > [You see, it's actually very good that a human activity is performed very close to death, because that's where life is. Life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/you-see-it-s-actually-very-good-that-a-human-activity-is-performed/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04e/philippe-petit-3697_activity_you-see-it-s-actually-very-good-that-a-h_1843616.jpg) > [Certainly, in the story of my life, the walk between the Twin Towers was one of the grandest, one of the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/certainly-in-the-story-of-my-life-the-walk-between-the-twin-towers/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/philippe-petit-3697_between_certainly-in-the-story-of-my-life-the-wa_1052971.jpg) > [It is very normal for people on the ground to look at somebody apparently walking in midair and thinking first that person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/it-is-very-normal-for-people-on-the-ground-to-look-at-somebody/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/philippe-petit-3697_apparently_it-is-very-normal-for-people-on-the-grou_1003233.jpg) > [I would not describe my personality. And I think when you describe people, you are making a mistake. That's not how they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-would-not-describe-my-personality-and-i-think-when-you-describe/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b9/philippe-petit-3697_describe_i-would-not-describe-my-personality-and_1463714.jpg) > [When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was fighting for building my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/when-i-was-learning-by-myself-despite-my-parents-despite-my-teachers/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/philippe-petit-3697_age_when-i-was-learning-by-myself-despite-my_2270585.jpg) > [I am fascinated by the engineering. The science of constructing and understanding why it stands. And I am drawn by the madness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-am-fascinated-by-the-engineering-the-science-of-constructing-and/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/philippe-petit-3697_am_i-am-fascinated-by-the-engineering-the-s_2270985.jpg) > [Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/many-people-use-the-words-death-defying-or-death-wishing-when-they/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/philippe-petit-3697_about_many-people-use-the-words-death-defying_357364.jpg) > [I don't like to risk my life, so I prepare sometimes for months or sometimes for years. But sometimes after a walk,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-don-t-like-to-risk-my-life-so-i-prepare-sometimes-for-months-or/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/philippe-petit-3697_bits_i-don-t-like-to-risk-my-life-so-i-prepar_171687.jpg) > [“When the towers again twin-tickle the clouds, I offer to walk again, to be the expression of the builder's collective voice. Together,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/when-the-towers-again-twin-tickle-the-clouds-i-offer-to-walk-again-to/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/philippe-petit-3697_life_when-the-towers-again-twin-tickle-the-cl_463411.jpg) > [It's part of my life to feel like a criminal, to have eyes in my back and see if I'm being followed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/it-s-part-of-my-life-to-feel-like-a-criminal-to-have-eyes-in-my-back/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/philippe-petit-3697_arrested_it-s-part-of-my-life-to-feel-like-a-crim_2600370.jpg) > [Of course, the slightest little mistake on the wire will deprive me of my life, so in that sense, yes, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/of-course-the-slightest-little-mistake-on-the-wire-will-deprive-me-of/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/philippe-petit-3697_attention_of-course-the-slightest-little-mistake-o_2523469.jpg) > [The wire is a safe place for me to be. The street is not. Life is not. It's a rigorous and simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/the-wire-is-a-safe-place-for-me-to-be-the-street-is-not-life-is-not/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/philippe-petit-3697_ground_the-wire-is-a-safe-place-for-me-to-be-th_1413226.jpg) > [Whenever other worlds invite us, whenever we are balancing on the boundaries of our limited human condition, that’s where life starts, that’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/whenever-other-worlds-invite-us-whenever-we-are-balancing-on-the/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b7/philippe-petit-3697_boundaries_whenever-other-worlds-invite-us-whenever_315318.jpg) > [For me, since I have a life wish, not a death wish, for me, I was not gambling my life. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/for-me-since-i-have-a-life-wish-not-a-death-wish-for-me-i-was-not/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/philippe-petit-3697_across_for-me-since-i-have-a-life-wish-not-a-de_2778112.jpg) > [Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/life-should-be-lived-on-the-edge-of-life-you-have-to-exercise/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/philippe-petit-3697_challenges_life-should-be-lived-on-the-edge-of-life_1555834.jpg) ## Other authors on Life - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 2,086 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 1,901 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 1,045 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 893 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 659 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/frederick-lenz/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 630 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 621 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-maraboli-87325.jpg) Steve Maraboli 550 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/steve-maraboli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-melchor-lim-61.jpg) Melchor Lim 538 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/melchor-lim/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 452 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 432 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 430 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Philippe Petit > [If I look at the performance of another friend Sting, whenever I hear him take over a stage and share his art with millions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/if-i-look-at-the-performance-of-another-friend-sting-whenever-i-hear/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [I am a wire-walker. I can walk any time, anywhere - I'm indestructible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-am-a-wire-walker-i-can-walk-any-time-anywhere-i-m-indestructible/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [I have been performing in the street for more than 50 years: magic for basically 60 years, and the high wire 45 years. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-have-been-performing-in-the-street-for-more-than-50-years-magic-for/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [I needed more knowledge in rigging and knotting. I started collecting books on knots and really learning more and more. That's how it started.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-needed-more-knowledge-in-rigging-and-knotting-i-started-collecting/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/to-be-able-to-create-fully-it-s-maybe-fine-that-you-learn-the-rules/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [When a loved one disappears, you continue to live with the accompaniment of that person. One has to find a balance between joy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/when-a-loved-one-disappears-you-continue-to-live-with-the/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [You must not fall. / When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. /…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/you-must-not-fall-when-you-lose-your-balance-resist-for-a-long-time/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/when-i-was-six-years-old-i-fell-in-love-with-magic-for-christmas-i/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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, I look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-don-t-like-to-risk-my-life-so-i-prepare-sometimes-for-months-or/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 occur in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/when-i-perform-outside-the-major-problem-that-could-arise-is-strong/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [If I have to make a self-portrait, I would put poetry and rebellion on the list. To be able to walk on a wire,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/if-i-have-to-make-a-self-portrait-i-would-put-poetry-and-rebellion-on/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [Whenever other worlds invite us, whenever we are balancing on the boundaries of our limited human condition, that’s where life starts, that’s where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/whenever-other-worlds-invite-us-whenever-we-are-balancing-on-the/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 like I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-have-walked-many-times-around-the-world-and-each-time-it-s/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [I am a thief of knowledge, and in a survival way, I had to solve all the problems around me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-am-a-thief-of-knowledge-and-in-a-survival-way-i-had-to-solve-all/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) > [Metaphorically speaking, of course, if I put a problem behind my pillow and fall asleep, very often because my brain went to sleep with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/metaphorically-speaking-of-course-if-i-put-a-problem-behind-my-pillow/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/philippe-petit/#itemlist", "name": "22 Life Quotes By Philippe Petit", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life should be lived on the edge of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philippe Petit" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/life-should-be-lived-on-the-edge-of-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/philippe-petit-3697_edges_life-should-be-lived-on-the-edge-of-life_1233487.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/philippe-petit-3697_edges_life-should-be-lived-on-the-edge-of-life_1233487.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/philippe-petit-3697_edges_life-should-be-lived-on-the-edge-of-life_1233487.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life should be lived on the edge of life.” — Philippe Petit", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Passion is the model of all my actions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philippe Petit" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/passion-is-the-model-of-all-my-actions/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/philippe-petit-3697_action_passion-is-the-model-of-all-my-actions-1_1567646.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/philippe-petit-3697_action_passion-is-the-model-of-all-my-actions-1_1567646.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/philippe-petit-3697_action_passion-is-the-model-of-all-my-actions-1_1567646.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Passion is the model of all my actions.” — Philippe Petit", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On one side, the mass of a mountain. 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