I don't like to risk my life, so I prepare sometimes for months or sometimes for years. But sometimes after a walk, I look what I have done, and I have a little bit of fear coming to me, just looking at pictures.
Philippe PetitWhenever other worlds invite us, whenever we are balancing on the boundaries of our limited human condition, thatโs where life starts, thatโs where you start feeling yourself living.
Philippe PetitFor me, when I am on the wire, I do not have a problem of eliminating or blocking fear. I do not really feel fear, although it is a fearful activity to walk in thin air, as I do without any safety device, but I am not fearful.
Philippe PetitWhy does almost every ad agency in the world set the time on a watch at 10:10 before photographing it?
Philippe PetitI am very attracted by the mysterious landscape of Easter Island. Not only because it is a piece of land that is further away from another, but also because of the beautiful statues of Moai that are there. To do a beautiful walk there, I would have to involve the Moai, and the Rapa Nui people who live on the island.
Philippe Petit