142 Quotes by Philippe Petit

It's part of my life to feel like a criminal, to have eyes in my back and see if I'm being followed. It's a feeling that comes from street juggling because I have been arrested so many times.

Talking about theater, actually, I built a little barn in upstate New York, and I call it 'the smallest theater in the world,' but it has a mini stage and a red velvet curtain.

I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.

I've frowned at the idea of breaking records, the first one to do something, or do it longer, higher, more difficult.

It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified. The reason I'm not is because I've done it for so many years.

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.

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.

I keep saying I am an auto-didact, but I have a lot of outside influences. One I could cite is juggler Francis Brunn, who was the first man to throw ten rings in the air; he was really an amazing juggler who showed onstage the quest for perfection.

I love to remember the World Trade Centre walk, but it should not define me.