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.

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.

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.

Philippe Petit

If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood and beat me up on the shoulder and the head, I would not move. You would not put me out of balance. You would not be able to. I am solid as granite when I am on the tight rope, and I should be.

Philippe Petit

I will never fall prey to celebrity because I am too busy. I have other things to do than look at myself in the mirror.

I will never fall prey to celebrity because I am too busy. I have other things to do than look at myself in the mirror.

Philippe Petit

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 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.

Philippe Petit

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

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

Philippe Petit

To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those rules.

To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those rules.

Philippe Petit

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

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

Philippe Petit

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.

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.

Philippe Petit

My time is always divided when I prepare for a wire walk. First I dream, technically and artistically, and then I go to work, and I am the master rigger, climbing trees and ladders and constructing. Only then I change my cap and become the performer.

Philippe Petit

As I'm studying magic, juggling is mentioned repeatedly as a great way to acquire dexterity and coordination. Now, I had long admired how fast and fluidly jugglers make objects fly. So that's it. I'm 14; I'm becoming a juggler.

Philippe Petit

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