I have been performing in the street for more than 50 years: magic for basically 60 years, and the high wire 45 years. The beauty of it is that it’s never the same. It’s never easy. And yet, part of my art is to make it look easy. Philippe Petit Read Quote
How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass and concrete fell down, when actually they took with them thousands of human lives? That is the actual tragedy. But those towers were almost human for me. I was in love with them, and that’s why I married them with a tight rope. Philippe Petit Read Quote
When a loved one disappears, you continue to live with the accompaniment of that person. One has to find a balance between joy and sorrow. Philippe Petit Read Quote
I love to remember the World Trade Centre walk, but it should not define me. Philippe Petit Read Quote
The wire is a safe place for me to be. The street is not. Life is not. It’s a rigorous and simple path. It’s straight. You don’t have meanders like, you know, on the ground, in life. Philippe Petit Read Quote
If a leaf fell from a tree, I’d stop juggling and play with the leaf. I went to my prop bag and got a little bandage and stuck the leaf back on the tree. People loved it. Philippe Petit Read Quote
I hate all electronic things that are supposed to help the human being. You don’t smell, you don’t hear, you don’t touch anymore. Philippe Petit Read Quote
Truly, from a very early age, I started distancing myself from other kids, not out of willingness, but just out of the nature of my energy. I liked to do things solely, and I already had a taste of the quest for perfection, which is unusual in a little kid. Philippe Petit Read Quote
My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker. Philippe Petit Read Quote
I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself. Philippe Petit Read Quote
