--- title: "13 World Quotes By Philippe Petit" description: "13 World quotes by Philippe Petit. Plus more from Philippe Petit and more World sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/philippe-petit-3697_am_every-year-i-am-conscious-of-the-anniver_2765849.jpg" --- > [Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/every-year-i-am-conscious-of-the-anniversary-of-my-1974-world-trade/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/philippe-petit-3697_am_every-year-i-am-conscious-of-the-anniver_2765849.jpg) > [I was not born into the world of the stuntman and the daredevil; I was born into the world of theater and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-was-not-born-into-the-world-of-the-stuntman-and-the-daredevil-i-was/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/philippe-petit-3697_born_i-was-not-born-into-the-world-of-the-stu_1948787.jpg) > [Why does almost every ad agency in the world set the time on a watch at 10:10 before photographing it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/why-does-almost-every-ad-agency-in-the-world-set-the-time-on-a-watch/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/philippe-petit-3697_ads_why-does-almost-every-ad-agency-in-the-w_1528026.jpg) > [I love to remember the World Trade Centre walk, but it should not define me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-love-to-remember-the-world-trade-centre-walk-but-it-should-not/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/philippe-petit-3697_centre_i-love-to-remember-the-world-trade-centr_3167479.jpg) > [When you are a young person, the world is yours. You can do the impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/when-you-are-a-young-person-the-world-is-yours-you-can-do-the/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/philippe-petit-3697_can-do_when-you-are-a-young-person-the-world-is_372097.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) > [Talking about theater, actually, I built a little barn in upstate New York, and I call it 'the smallest theater in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/talking-about-theater-actually-i-built-a-little-barn-in-upstate-new/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9c/philippe-petit-3697_about_talking-about-theater-actually-i-built-a_1031830.jpg) > [I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-started-putting-a-wire-up-in-secret-and-performing-without/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/philippe-petit-3697_bridge_i-started-putting-a-wire-up-in-secret-an_902261.jpg) > [It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/it-s-very-normal-when-you-re-not-used-to-the-world-of-the-high-wire/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/philippe-petit-3697_because_it-s-very-normal-when-you-re-not-used-to_889831.jpg) > [I have walked many times around the world and each time it's different from the last one. It feels a little bit…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed0/philippe-petit-3697_around-the-world_i-have-walked-many-times-around-the-worl_319977.jpg) > [I was born in a world of opera, theatre, films, poetry, art, and therefore, out of the wire, I made a stage.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/i-was-born-in-a-world-of-opera-theatre-films-poetry-art-and-therefore/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/philippe-petit-3697_art_i-was-born-in-a-world-of-opera-theatre-f_1715414.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) > [Notre Dame and Sydney - that was nothing. Notre Dame doesn't have a police station; it is not 1,000 or so feet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/notre-dame-and-sydney-that-was-nothing-notre-dame-doesn-t-have-a/) [Philippe Petit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippe-petit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd6/philippe-petit-3697_access_notre-dame-and-sydney-that-was-nothing-n_1609707.jpg) ## Other authors on World - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 641 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 475 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 297 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/barack-obama/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 284 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 207 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 198 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 175 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/donald-trump/) - [Dada Bhagwan 173 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/dada-bhagwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 169 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/marianne-williamson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 163 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/henry-david-thoreau/) ## 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/world/philippe-petit/#itemlist", "name": "13 World Quotes By Philippe Petit", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philippe Petit" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippe-petit/every-year-i-am-conscious-of-the-anniversary-of-my-1974-world-trade/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/philippe-petit-3697_am_every-year-i-am-conscious-of-the-anniver_2765849.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/philippe-petit-3697_am_every-year-i-am-conscious-of-the-anniver_2765849.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/philippe-petit-3697_am_every-year-i-am-conscious-of-the-anniver_2765849.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk.” — Philippe Petit", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was not born into the world of the stuntman and the daredevil; 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