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Wire Quotes by Philippe Petit
- Death frames the high wire. But I don’t see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.
- I started putting a wire up in secret and performing without permission. Notre Dame, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the World Trade Center. And I developed…
- My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.
- Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing.
- I was thrown out of different schools because I was practicing my arts - magic, juggling, and the high wire.
- I am fascinated by the engineering. The science of constructing and understanding why it stands. And I am drawn by the madness, the beauty, the…
- It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances.
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