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" I was never part of the sailing circle, but I enjoy when I'm invited to sail. "

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" I, like everybody else, have a certain fear of heights, and I have to be very careful when I am in the clouds, but it is also what I love; it is my domain, so when you love something, you don't have fear. "

" I focus, I invent, I transform, I challenge, I attempt, I observe, I perform. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was thrown out of different schools because I was practicing my arts - magic, juggling, and the high wire. "

" If a leaf fell from a tree, I'd stop juggling and play with the leaf. I went to my prop bag and got a little bandage and stuck the leaf back on the tree. People loved it. "

" I was born in a world of opera, theatre, films, poetry, art, and therefore, out of the wire, I made a stage. That's why they call me a high wire artist. "

" Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers. "

" I love or hate things straight away. I like to go directly to action to see the result. I think I must be difficult, but at the same time, it's not for me to say. "

" My journey has always been the balance between chaos and order. "

" 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. "

" Of course, the slightest little mistake on the wire will deprive me of my life, so in that sense, yes, it is a dangerous profession. You have to pay attention; if not, you will lose your life. "

" I love to remember the World Trade Centre walk, but it should not define me. "

" In my life, I wanted to meet certain people. I never met Charlie Chaplin, but I met Werner Herzog. "

" If you see how carefully I prepare for any kind of walk, legal or illegal, small or big, you will see that, actually, I narrow the unknown to virtually nothing. And that's when I am ready to walk on the wire. "

" Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary. "

" I'm a wire-walker, but actually, I'm a moviemaker that hasn't done his first movie. "

" Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk. "

" Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing. "

" 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. "

" Metaphorically speaking, of course, if I put a problem behind my pillow and fall asleep, very often because my brain went to sleep with that idea or the problem alive, very often in the middle of the night I wake up, and I wake up with a solution or with a direction of solution. "

" 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. "

" For years, I have been working on crossing the Grand Canyon. Actually, there is nobody who says 'no,' but since this is a project that comes from me and not a commission, I have to find the money, plan the logistics, etcetera. "

" The impossible - we are told - cannot be achieved. To overcome the 'impossible,' we need to use our wits and be fearless. We need to break the rules and to circumvent - some would one say to cheat. "

" I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike. "

" Wire-walking in performance is one thing - I never fell, of course. If I had, I wouldn't be here talking about it. "

" Passion is the motto of all my actions. "

" 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. "

" Obsessed people are not humorless at all. "

" On the high wire, within months, I'm able to master all the tricks they do in the circus, except I am not satisfied. "