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

Philippe Petit
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  2. It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done. - Vincent Van Gogh

  3. Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep. - Clive Barker

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More Quotes By Philippe Petit
  1. It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working.

  2. To fight adversity, to improvise, to solve problems, and to save the coup, I had gathered all my senses into unusual configurations, which made me grow wild and enhanced my perceptions.

  3. Wirewalker, trust your feet! Let them lead you; they know the way.

  4. It cannot be done all at once. To overpower vertigo - the keeper of the abyss- one must tame it, cautiously.

  5. When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book on card manipulation. Somehow, I was more interested in pure manipulation than in all the silly little tricks in the box.

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