David Blaine Quotes & Sayings

“Whether you're shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation, followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance.”

“But as they say about sharks, it's not the ones you see that you have to worry about, it's the ones you don't see.”

“In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.”

“I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesar's, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.”

“Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.”

“I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.”

“My mother encouraged it so much. She was so supportive. Even if as a kid, I would do the dumbest trick, which now that I look back on some things, she would love it, she would say that's amazing, or if I'd make the ugliest drawing, she would hang it up. She was amazing.”

“I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse.”

“I think everything I do is normal, not paranormal but normal. It's using the power of the mind to achieve whatever we can endure.”

“I remember finding a Houdini book at the library and seeing an image of him chained on the side of a building. He looked so intense and scary, and I couldn't get that image out of my head. That started building up my love of magic.”