I didn't want to just tell the story of the walk — I wanted the book to be the walk between cardboard covers. Philippe Petit More Quotes by Philippe Petit More Quotes From Philippe Petit Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge - and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope. Philippe Petit exerciseyearsideas I don't have a career, I have a life. Don't think of a career, think about your passion and look for inspiration. Philippe Petit passioninspirationthinking You must not fall. / When you lose your balance, resist for a long time before turning yourself toward the earth. Then jump. / You must not force yourself to stay steady. You must move forward. Philippe Petit longfallmoving It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working. Philippe Petit creativeleadershipimpossible Limits exist only in the souls of those who do not dream. Philippe Petit limitssouldream Whenever other worlds invite us, whenever we are balancing on the boundaries of our limited human condition, that’s where life starts, that’s where you start feeling yourself living. Philippe Petit other-worldsboundariesfeelings I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform. Philippe Petit focuschallenges Passion is the model of all my actions. Philippe Petit passionpurposelife I don't like to risk my life, so I prepare sometimes for months or sometimes for years. But sometimes after a walk, I look what I have done, and I have a little bit of fear coming to me, just looking at pictures. Philippe Petit risklooksyears When you are a young person, the world is yours. You can do the impossible. Philippe Petit youngimpossibleworld I know it's impossible. But I know I'll do it! Philippe Petit knowsimpossible Why does almost every ad agency in the world set the time on a watch at 10:10 before photographing it? Philippe Petit agencydoewatches I am very attracted by the mysterious landscape of Easter Island. Not only because it is a piece of land that is further away from another, but also because of the beautiful statues of Moai that are there. To do a beautiful walk there, I would have to involve the Moai, and the Rapa Nui people who live on the island. Philippe Petit easterislandsbeautiful I usually practice on a small, low wire, that features the predominant wind. I study the meteorology of the place at the time that I am supposed to do my walk, and then I find the predominant direction and velocity of the wind and I train to fight that wind. Philippe Petit fightingpracticewind 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 wireriskpreparation For me, when I am on the wire, I do not have a problem of eliminating or blocking fear. I do not really feel fear, although it is a fearful activity to walk in thin air, as I do without any safety device, but I am not fearful. Philippe Petit safetyblockair You can always find a way to do something. Now, of course, when I do the action, it's an action that inspires people, it's a gift to people, it's not the other way around, I do not take something, I do not hurt people. Yes, I think today would be more than impossible and yet part of me would think that I continue to think that nothing is impossible. Philippe Petit hurtpeoplethinking The essential thing is to etch movements in the sky, movements so still they leave no trace. The essential thing is simplicity. / That is why the long path to perfection is horizontal. Philippe Petit hikingjourneysky Life should be lived on the edge of life. Philippe Petit existentialedgesshould On one side, the mass of a mountain. A life I know. Philippe Petit mountainspaceclouds
