All Philippe Petit Quotes
- 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, to… Able
- When you are a young person, the world is yours. You can do the impossible. Impossible
- I will never fall prey to celebrity because I am too busy. I have other things to do than look at myself in the mirror. Busy
- My time is always divided when I prepare for a wire walk. First I dream, technically and artistically, and then I go to work, and… Artistically
- If I see three oranges, I have to juggle. And if I see two towers, I have to walk. Juggle
- In my life, I wanted to meet certain people. I never met Charlie Chaplin, but I met Werner Herzog. Certain
- Obsessed people are not humorless at all. All
- Certainly, in the story of my life, the walk between the Twin Towers was one of the grandest, one of the most memorable, but not… Grandest
- I would like to continue to tell stories of what I did in a biographical way, so I will continue to write. Biographical
- I was not born into the world of the stuntman and the daredevil; I was born into the world of theater and writing and sculpting… Born
- It would be very, very dangerous for a wire walker to experience fear while he is balancing on the wire. Fear has its place on… Balancing
- If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood and beat… Able
- It is very normal for people on the ground to look at somebody apparently walking in midair and thinking first that person is crazy and… Apparently
- Of course, the slightest little mistake on the wire will deprive me of my life, so in that sense, yes, it is a dangerous profession.… Attention
- My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester. Honorable
- On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will have the certitude… Blown
- I am not up there by chance. I am there by choice. And I know the wire. And I know my limits. And I am… Chance
- I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform. Attempt
- My first walk illegally at 20 years old was between the towers of Notre Dame. Dame
- I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances. High