I see myself as a climber and an activist.
— Alain Robert
We are living in a world where everything is based on security.
People need to learn to live with more risk.
We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.
Life has to be dangerous.
I love all people, whatever race they are.
Authorities arrest me, release me, and then invite me back to host public events. I think it's interesting.
I enjoy every climb - maybe it's because it's a literal dance between life and death.
I was not willing to give up because I was born to like taking risks and that is my way of life.
Whenever I climb I have to also entertain.
I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.
With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.
If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.
There is a percentage of people who want to be a little bit outside their comfort zone and I am one of them, someone who lives on the edge.
Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.
When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.
All these buildings are like mountains I would like to climb, but I am forbidden.
Fortunately, the courts discharged me every time after they understood what I had done.
Sometimes doing the forbidden can be nice.
I don't want to follow the herd.
I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest.
I feel completely alone - it's like melting, I am the structure, and I am also Alain Robert.
When I climb a building, I've been there already, and carefully planned how to start the climb as well as how to do it.
It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.
To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life.
Modern people are only willing to believe in their computers, while I believe in myself.
In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture.
