Creativity: The Perfect Crime

In the vein of The Creative Habit and The Artist’s Way, a manifesto on the creative process from a master of the impossible.

Since well before his epic (and illegal) 1974 walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, Philippe Petit had become an artist who answered first to the demands of his craft—and not just on the high wire, but also as a magician, street juggler, visual artist, builder, and writer. He was a rebel and an autodidact, cultivating the attitudes, resources, and te...