142 Quotes by Philippe Petit

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

Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary.

When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book on card manipulation. Somehow, I was more interested in pure manipulation than in all the silly little tricks in the box.

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.

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

An intellectual challenge presents itself? I am in bliss. Instantly, it brings forth the notion of triumph.

I started very early, from five or six years old, to climb. To climb trees, to climb rocks everywhere I could. At some point, of course, I used a rope.

It would be very, very dangerous for a wire walker to experience fear while he is balancing on the wire. Fear has its place on earth, before and maybe after a high-wire walk, but not during for me.

I've been arrested many times for illegal high wire walking and illegal street performing.