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 More Quotes by Philippe Petit More Quotes From Philippe Petit The wire is a safe place for me to be. The street is not. Life is not. It's a rigorous and simple path. It's straight. You don't have meanders like, you know, on the ground, in life. Philippe Petit me you simple life I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity. Philippe Petit sensitivity week art school I started making monkey bridges, like kids do, and climbing and rappelling with ropes. Very naturally, I needed some knots. At the very beginning, I didn't care, I didn't know, and then slowly I started to know, and I started to care. I wanted to know more knots or the right knot for the special action. Philippe Petit monkey beginning care action I was never part of the sailing circle, but I enjoy when I'm invited to sail. Philippe Petit circle never sail enjoy Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk. Philippe Petit i-am walk anniversary world 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. Philippe Petit me fear water believe Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do you have a death wish?' After doing a beautiful walk, I feel like punching them in the nose. It's indecent. I have a life wish. Philippe Petit me beautiful life death It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down. Philippe Petit down look focus change 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 you artist heart art If I have to make a self-portrait, I would put poetry and rebellion on the list. To be able to walk on a wire, to be able to juggle six hoops, you need focus, another word for tenacity, which is passion. Philippe Petit walk you passion focus 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 walk change work time When art in general, and film in particular, succeeds is when it pulls you away onto a voyage. Then it's a good film. Philippe Petit good you film art My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester. Philippe Petit parents me profession honorable An intellectual challenge presents itself? I am in bliss. Instantly, it brings forth the notion of triumph. Philippe Petit challenge i-am triumph intellectual
