When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
Metaphorically speaking, of course, if I put a problem behind my pillow and fall asleep, very often because my brain went to… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I started making monkey bridges, like kids do, and climbing and rappelling with ropes. Very naturally, I needed some knots. At the… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified.… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
It is very normal for people on the ground to look at somebody apparently walking in midair and thinking first that person… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I started very early, from five or six years old, to climb. To climb trees, to climb rocks everywhere I could. At… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
It would be very, very dangerous for a wire walker to experience fear while he is balancing on the wire. Fear has… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
You see, it's actually very good that a human activity is performed very close to death, because that's where life is. Life… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it. — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
This moment where we think we rest, when the brain is floating, you know, in sleep, is actually a moment where I… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I, like everybody else, have a certain fear of heights, and I have to be very careful when I am in the… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
Truly, from a very early age, I started distancing myself from other kids, not out of willingness, but just out of the… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
What I think tailors the creativity of most people are the rules that we learn from the age we are very small… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
If I look at the performance of another friend Sting, whenever I hear him take over a stage and share his art with millions,… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I am a wire-walker. I can walk any time, anywhere - I'm indestructible. — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I have been performing in the street for more than 50 years: magic for basically 60 years, and the high wire 45 years. The… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
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.… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
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… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
When a loved one disappears, you continue to live with the accompaniment of that person. One has to find a balance between joy and… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
You must not fall. / When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. /… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
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… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
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… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
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,… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
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… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
