Philippe Petit Quotes

I don't have a career, I have a life. Don't think of a career, think about your passion and look for inspiration.

It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working.

You must not fall. / When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. / You must not force yourself to stay steady. You must move forward.

Whenever other worlds invite us, whenever we are balancing on the boundaries of our limited human condition, that’s where life starts, that’s where you start feeling yourself living.

Limits exist only in the souls of those who do not dream.

I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform.

Passion is the model of all my actions.

When you are a young person, the world is yours. You can do the impossible.

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.

Why does almost every ad agency in the world set the time on a watch at 10:10 before photographing it?

I know it's impossible. But I know I'll do it!

The essential thing is to etch movements in the sky, movements so still they leave no trace. The essential thing is simplicity. / That is why the long path to perfection is horizontal.

On one side, the mass of a mountain. A life I know. On the other, the universe of the clouds, so full of unknown that it seems empty to us. Too much space.

Life should be lived on the edge of life.

If I die, what a beautiful death.

The practical answer is, no it would be totally impossible for young or foreign people to get access to roof of a building that stands in the heart of a giant city and to put a cable across.

Wirewalker, trust your feet! Let them lead you; they know the way.

When I perform outside, the major problem that could arise is strong wind.I spend months preparing for the types of wind that occur in different locations.

I was not born into the world of the stuntman and the daredevil; I was born into the world of theater and writing and sculpting and classical music.

I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances.

Improvisation is empowering because it welcomes the unknown. And since what's impossible is always unknown, it allows me to believe I can cheat the impossible.

I was born in a world of opera, theatre, films, poetry, art, and therefore, out of the wire, I made a stage. That's why they call me a high wire artist.

Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk.

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.

Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers.

It cannot be done all at once. To overpower vertigo - the keeper of the abyss- one must tame it, cautiously.

To fight adversity, to improvise, to solve problems, and to save the coup, I had gathered all my senses into unusual configurations, which made me grow wild and enhanced my perceptions.