Philippe Petit Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)
Philippe Petit quotes and sayings page 7 (75 year old celebrity). Here's quote # 61 through 70 out of the 94 we have for him.
“Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing.”
“What I think tailors the creativity of most people are the rules that we learn from the age we are very small - in school, our parents.”
“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.”
“When art in general, and film in particular, succeeds is when it pulls you away onto a voyage. Then it's a good film.”
“Wire-walking in performance is one thing - I never fell, of course. If I had, I wouldn't be here talking about it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“How could I share with you how I felt when two towers that I loved, two pieces of steel and glass and concrete fell down, when actually they took with them thousands of human lives? That is the actual tragedy. But those towers were almost human for me. I was in love with them, and that's why I married them with a tight rope.”
“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 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.”
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