I would not describe my personality. And I think when you describe people, you are making a mistake. That’s not how they are; that’s how you perceive them at that moment. It’s limiting in front of something that is magnificent and unlimited: life. Philippe Petit Read Quote
I was thrown out of different schools because I was practicing my arts – magic, juggling, and the high wire. Philippe Petit Read Quote
For me, since I have a life wish, not a death wish, for me, I was not gambling my life. I was doing something much more beautiful. I was carrying my life across. Philippe Petit Read Quote
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 theatricality, the poetry and soul of the wire. And you cannot be a wire-walker without mingling those two ways of seeing life. Philippe Petit Read Quote
It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down. Philippe Petit Read Quote
For years, I have been working on crossing the Grand Canyon. Actually, there is nobody who says ‘no,’ but since this is a project that comes from me and not a commission, I have to find the money, plan the logistics, etcetera. Philippe Petit Read Quote
When you are a young person, the world is yours. You can do the impossible. Philippe Petit Read Quote
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. Philippe Petit Read Quote
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 I am the master rigger, climbing trees and ladders and constructing. Only then I change my cap and become the performer. Philippe Petit Read Quote
