Top 94 Quotes by Philippe Petit

About Philippe Petit

These are some quotes by French author Philippe Petit Celebrity, who was born on August 13, 1949.

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.

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.

Philippe Petit

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

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

Philippe Petit

Notre Dame and Sydney - that was nothing. Notre Dame doesn't have a police station; it is not 1,000 or so feet high. It was a public structure, very easy to access. And Sydney Harbour Bridge was half-and-half: a bridge, in the middle of the night. The World Trade Center was the end of the world. Electronic devices, police dogs.

Philippe Petit

It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down.

It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down.

Philippe Petit

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

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

Philippe Petit

My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.

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

There was a time when fire and story would fall asleep in unison. It was dream time.

There was a time when fire and story would fall asleep in unison. It was dream time.

Philippe Petit

I, like everybody else, have a certain fear of heights, and I have to be very careful when I am in the clouds, but it is also what I love; it is my domain, so when you love something, you don't have fear.

Philippe Petit

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

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

Philippe Petit

Passion is the motto of all my actions.

Passion is the motto of all my actions.

Philippe Petit

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