Ironically, the opportunity to go into space brings you back down to Earth big time! My decision must also take into account my children, my family and my friends. I must be at peace with this decision. And I was. I weighed the risks without letting fear feed on fear. There is no room for fear in my life. Guy Laliberte Read Quote
I am an atheist. I was born a Catholic, but after I had traveled to Northern Ireland with some Catholic friends, and we had a horrible experience with the English Protestant police, I lost all taste for formal religion. Guy Laliberte Read Quote
I like to not be too involved in the beginning and during the process so as to keep this fresh look and be able to give constructive recommendation on the final production. Guy Laliberte Read Quote
I believe that the profits will come from the quality of your creative products. Since the beginning, I’ve always wanted to develop a self-feeding circle of creative productions: the positive financial returns from one show would be used to develop and create a new show, and so on. Guy Laliberte Read Quote
Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you’re doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity. Guy Laliberte Read Quote
The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about. Guy Laliberte Read Quote
Originally the dream was about traveling and developing a job that would permit me to travel. And I decided to go into street performing because it was a traveling job; it would let me go around the world. Guy Laliberte Read Quote
I believe there are so many other disciplines and themes that we still haven’t explored yet. It’s infinite what we can apply our creativity to. Guy Laliberte Read Quote
Cirque du Soleil means Circus of the Sun. When I need to take time to reenergize, I go somewhere by the ocean to sit back and watch the sunsets. That is where the idea of ‘Soleil’ came from, on a beach in Hawaii, and because the sun is the symbol of youth and energy. Guy Laliberte Read Quote
I’m an artistic person and a creator. I’m not a scientific. I’m not an engineer. Guy Laliberte Read Quote