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" Passion is the motto of all my actions. "

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" If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood and beat me up on the shoulder and the head, I would not move. You would not put me out of balance. You would not be able to. I am solid as granite when I am on the tight rope, and I should be. "

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

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

" Right after my Twin Towers walk, I was approached by hundreds of people, and I said no to all the offers. I could have become a millionaire overnight, obviously, but I said no, and I continue to be uninterested. "

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

" 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. "

" When I was learning by myself, despite my parents, despite my teachers, despite society, when I was fighting for building my life as a young wire walker at age 16, I didn't have feelings, I had certainties. "

" 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 have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself. "

" Talking about theater, actually, I built a little barn in upstate New York, and I call it 'the smallest theater in the world,' but it has a mini stage and a red velvet curtain. "

" 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. "

" I found out that total creativity involves a certain intellectual rebellion - not to become a criminal, but somehow. to be totally creating, you have to do things that are a little bit forbidden. You have to feel free, and we know freedom is a hard thing to get. "

" 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. "

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

" What I think tailors the creativity of most people are the rules that we learn from the age we are very small - in school, our parents. "

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

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

" I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street. "

" My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker. "

" I would not describe my personality. And I think when you describe people, you are making a mistake. That's not how they are; that's how you perceive them at that moment. It's limiting in front of something that is magnificent and unlimited: life. "

" It's always easy to describe something complex by applying to it an already known label. "

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

" This moment where we think we rest, when the brain is floating, you know, in sleep, is actually a moment where I could be very creative in a very strange, uncontrolled way. "

" 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. "

" If I see three oranges, I have to juggle. And if I see two towers, I have to walk. "

" On a very long and very high wire, I will not hope to not be blown off by high winds. I will have the certitude that such could not happen. "

" 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. "

" I rendezvous with the long wire and perform the 'torero walk', gliding my feet, holding the pole away from my body, head high. "

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

" I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances. "