Since well before his epic 1974 walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, Philippe Petit had become an artist who answered first and foremost to the demands of his craft - not only on the high wire, but also as a magician, street juggler, visual artist, builder, and writer. A born rebel like many creative people, he was from an early age a voracious learner who taught himself, cultivating the attitudes, resources, and techniques to tackle even seemingly impossible feats. His outlaw sensibility spawned a unique approach to the creative process - an approach he shares, with characteristic enthusiasm, irreverence, and originality in Creativity: The Perfect Crime.

Making the listener his accomplice, Petit reveals new and unconventional ways of going about the artistic endeavor, from generating and shaping ideas to practicing and problem-solving to pulling off the "coup" itself - executing a finished work. The strategies and insights he shares will resonate with performers of every stripe (actors, musicians, dancers) and practitioners of the non-performing arts (painters, writers, sculptors), and also with ordinary mortals in search of fresh ways of tackling the challenges and possibilities of everyday existence.

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4 hours and 12 minutes
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Philippe Petit
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Walter Dixon
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June 13, 2014
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English
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Gildan Media, LLC
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B00KYYJZTE
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	4 hours and 12 minutes
Author	Philippe Petit
Narrator	Walter Dixon
Audible.com Release Date	June 13, 2014
Publisher	Gildan Media, LLC
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00KYYJZTE
Best Sellers Rank	#323,922 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #504 in Creativity (Audible Books & Originals) #5,440 in Biographies of Celebrities & Entertainment Professionals #5,911 in Creativity (Books)

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Great Book but...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 18, 2023

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I bought this as a gift (and to be signed by the author) but the front cover has a small nick that would diminish the impact as a gift. If it weren't to be gifted I'd have kept it but...

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ana

Great and inspirational

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 7, 2014

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Great and inspirational :)
Prior to reading the book I had accidentally come across a presentation on this book that Philippe did in Italy (it's on Youtube under Festival della Mente 2014 - Philippe Petit). It was very funny and interesting and I thought that I definitely need to see this book. Just like with the Man on Wire book, I couldn't put this book down and I read it in one weekend. I am not an artist myself, but I have friends who are artists and sometimes I think to survive in this world a person needs to be at least a little bit of an artist and to have an imagination. I think this book can be useful for any person. The book had Philippe's experiences and some personal stories that he wanted to share with the reader. My favorite story was the one when he was carrying his little girl up a ladder to get away from the storm. I think Philippe is a very intelligent, sweet and hard working person who has a lot of positive energy which he likes to share with other people and this book is a great example of that. It was a pleasure reading this book and i can't wait for his next book/talk/project :)

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B. Robinson

PHILIPPE STEALS MY HEART

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 15, 2014

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Full disclosure: I am an unabashed Philippe Petit fan.

Having said that, like being a baseball fan, when my fav. baseball player strikes out, it hurts me just that much more. Here, I am very happy to report, he not only hits a grand slam and rounds the bases floating on his cloud of mystical creativity—but, he includes the fans of this book in his "crime" which he calls "c r e a t i v i t y."

Merci Monsieur! Merci! Like his other books Mr. Petit does not need a wire to walk, oranges to juggle or a lock to pick. It is fairly stated in the beginning by a jacket-blurbing fan that Philippe Petit has provided humanity "with one of the great works of art of the 20th century"…my, how limiting!

I'd amend that adulation: This book, his life, his insight into his process, is one of the greatest works (and guides)…ever.

Bravo Philippe…bravo!

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T. A. Heaney

An enjoyable read with a few gems of wisdom.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 24, 2014

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Starts slow and is a bit esoteric. Skips around a lot, just like you would expect from a creative (ADD?) mind. Overall, an enjoyable read with a few worthwhile gems of wisdom. Had to work a bit to ferret them out and apply them to my own creative process as a painter at frogdogart.com.

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Piggy

No Room for Error!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 31, 2014

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Philippe Petit is a master craftsman. Five P's: precision, practice , possible = Philippe Petit. His precision - whether juggling or crossing divides - comes with studied practice to achieve the possible. Indeed, impossible cannot be found in his dictionary. An inspiration!

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traveler

Smile!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2014

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A good read! A book that will have you bubbling with ideas! It is hard not to smile reading this book if you even have even one creative bone in your body, you will enjoy reading this book!

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Suhail Rasheed

beautiful

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 29, 2014

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Beautiful, thought-provoking, and continuously engaging. This is one book I hope to come back to, again and again. I also should gift it to a few people.

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CMD

amazing book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2015

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Marvelous insight into a man possessed by his art. His passion and creativity are inspiring for any artist searching for his/her voice.

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nestorpiaj

The Creativity Bible...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 29, 2014

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An absolute must read for every human being who can read. Or even, a great place for someone to start reading!

Philippe covers everything you could possibly think of in the world of creativity. He delivers it with such flair, elegance, attitude and geniusness. The book is like a story from the first chapter, yet it reveals so much about Philippe, about life, about creation, about literally living life on a tight rope!

If you have even the slightest curiosity about this book, then I advise you to buy it! You'll learn lot more to pay attention to your intuition after reading this anyway, let me tell you!

Philippe shows his character in all colours, his belief, his humbleness, his... Just buy the damn thing and stop reading reviews!

Again, absolute must-read for anyone with an open mind and interest in learning!

5 starz

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Amina

What is my dream?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 8, 2016

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I rewatched the documentary about Philippe's walk across the twin towers and was memorised. This coincided with the beauty and simplicity of making my first knot, as below and I then discover Phillippe has written a book about knots also. Inspirational! This book and the writer opens your mind. Like children we have to find and rekindle the creative spark and combine this with focus to manifest our dreams against the odds and also all the every day drudgery that gets in the way. As on the tightrope, its all about balance.
Thank you Phillippe, I know where you are coming from & hope by some magic you get to see this. Stephanie.

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Dr. Nitin Chavan

Four Stars

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on December 16, 2017

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Exemplary work of art.

Sibel

Thank you very much for sharing your amazing talent and intelligence

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 19, 2016

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The book is written sincerely and from Philippe Petit's own perspective. Thank you very much for sharing your amazing talent and intelligence. I have also bought his other books

Vikram

Highly recommended for creative people!

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on February 13, 2016

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This is a book every creative person must read. Philippe Petit has done exceptional service to humanity, especially the creative community by writing this book.

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