Metaphorically speaking, of course, if I put a problem behind my pillow and fall asleep, very often because my brain went to sleep with that idea or the problem alive, very often in the middle of the night I wake up, and I wake up with a solution or with a direction of solution. Philippe Petit Read Quote
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 that such could not happen. Philippe Petit Read Quote
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. You have to pay attention; if not, you will lose your life. Philippe Petit Read Quote
My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester. Philippe Petit Read Quote
As a high wire walker, I do not allow myself to ‘leave the wire’ during a performance. Philippe Petit Read Quote
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 a madman of details. Philippe Petit Read Quote
It’s always easy to describe something complex by applying to it an already known label. Philippe Petit Read Quote
I wanted all my life to give my world into other arts – books, plays, movies – but I didn’t want to sell out. Philippe Petit Read Quote
I didn’t go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street. Philippe Petit Read Quote
I am a thief of knowledge, and in a survival way, I had to solve all the problems around me. Philippe Petit Read Quote
