Philippe Petit Professions : Artist Born : August 13, 1949 Browse All Authors Top 55 quotes by 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 exercise years ideas 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 passion inspiration thinking 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 long fall moving It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working. Philippe Petit creative leadership impossible Limits exist only in the souls of those who do not dream. Philippe Petit limits soul dream 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-worlds boundaries feelings I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform. Philippe Petit focus challenges Passion is the model of all my actions. Philippe Petit passion purpose life 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 risk looks years When you are a young person, the world is yours. You can do the impossible. Philippe Petit young impossible world I know it's impossible. But I know I'll do it! Philippe Petit knows impossible Why does almost every ad agency in the world set the time on a watch at 10:10 before photographing it? Philippe Petit agency doe watches 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 easter islands beautiful 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 fighting practice wind 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 wire risk preparation 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 safety block air 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 hurt people thinking 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 hiking journey sky Life should be lived on the edge of life. Philippe Petit existential edges should On one side, the mass of a mountain. A life I know. Philippe Petit mountain space clouds Similar Authors Burton Silverman artist Bruce Nauman artist Bruce Conner artist Brom artist Britney Spears artist Brigid Berlin artist All Authors
