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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Truly, from a very early age, I started distancing myself from other kids, not out of willingness, but just out of the nature of my energy. I liked to do things solely, and I already had a taste of the quest for perfection, which is unusual in a little kid.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.
- Cite
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been performing in the street for more than 50 years: magic for basically 60 years, and the high wire 45 years. The beauty of it is that it's never the same. It's never easy. And yet, part of my art is to make it look easy.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started very early, from five or six years old, to climb. To climb trees, to climb rocks everywhere I could. At some point, of course, I used a rope.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started making monkey bridges, like kids do, and climbing and rappelling with ropes. Very naturally, I needed some knots. At the very beginning, I didn't care, I didn't know, and then slowly I started to know, and I started to care. I wanted to know more knots or the right knot for the special action.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Point
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- Nov 07, 2020