Trapeze Artists Quotes

The circus is the only spectacle I know, that while you watch it, givrd the quslity of a very happy dream.

The circus is a global theme. It exists in all parts of the world - maybe not in Africa, but it exists in Asia in all parts. In Latin America, it's difficult to find a person who hasn't gone to the circus.

The circus a place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool.

My first riding partners were Mark Henry, The Great Khali and Daivari. It was the traveling circus.

The very first time I went to Madison Square Garden, I went to see the circus.

The circus comes as close to being the world in microcosm as anything I know; in a way, it puts all the rest of show business in the shade.

[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

I don't call myself a poet, because I don't like the word.

This circus games aspect has existed since the beginning of my career.

Damn everything but the circus.

I want to be a traveling circus in that big-league uniform, like everybody else.

Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent.

When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!

The circus itself is my personal ideal entertainment venue.

I could spend my whole life photographing circuses. They combine everything I'm interested in - they're ironic, poetic, and corny at the same time. There's also something about a circus that's magical, sentimental, and almost tragic, like a Fellini film.

The thing that's interesting about wire walking is that we never get to see it other than looking up. It's like a circus thing. It's a guy on a wire.

I always liked circuses, so I would have enjoyed that.