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

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" An intellectual challenge presents itself? I am in bliss. Instantly, it brings forth the notion of triumph. "

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

" It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it. "

" It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified. The reason I'm not is because I've done it for so many years. "

" If I had been born in the circus, my parents would have pushed me on that little high wire at four years old. That's when the body is most limber to learn those acrobatics. "

" 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. "

" I will never fall prey to celebrity because I am too busy. I have other things to do than look at myself in the mirror. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to break open doors and keep creating. That's how I enjoyed fame in '74; it was not just for the emptiness of being famous. "

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

" There is a child inside me that wants to come out and do something to surprise all the adults. "

" I am a wire-walker. I can walk any time, anywhere - I'm indestructible. "

" My first walk illegally at 20 years old was between the towers of Notre Dame. "

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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. "