142 Quotes by Philippe Petit

My first walk illegally at 20 years old was between the towers of Notre Dame.

Right after my Twin Towers walk, I was approached by hundreds of people, and I said no to all the offers. I could have become a millionaire overnight, obviously, but I said no, and I continue to be uninterested.

On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me.

On the high wire, within months, I'm able to master all the tricks they do in the circus, except I am not satisfied.

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.

I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.

I am a wire-walker. I can walk any time, anywhere - I'm indestructible.

Certainly, in the story of my life, the walk between the Twin Towers was one of the grandest, one of the most memorable, but not solely the grandest and the most memorable.

I have a fear of water, believe it or not. To put a wire 12 feet over a swimming pool frightens me. I don't like water.