French - Celebrity | August 13, 1949 -
I hate all electronic things that are supposed to help the human being. You don't smell, you don't hear, you don't touch anymore.
Philippe Petit
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On one day of the week, I relax - which is not true, I work furiously on other things. 'Relax' is not a word to me.
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Truly, from a very early age, I started distancing myself from other kids, not out of willingness, but just out of the nature of my energy. I liked to do things solely, and I already had a taste of the quest for perfection, which is unusual in a little kid.
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My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.
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I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.
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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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I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.
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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.
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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.
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I started very early, from five or six years old, to climb. To climb trees, to climb rocks everywhere I could. At some point, of course, I used a rope.
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I needed more knowledge in rigging and knotting. I started collecting books on knots and really learning more and more. That's how it started. And also in magic, of course. With a piece of rope, you can do magic.
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Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers.
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