David Blaine Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling a deck of cards, is pretty simple. It's practice, it's training, and it's - It's practice, it's training and experimenting, while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be.”

“I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think.”

“I'd go to Coney Island to hang out, and I saw a magician doing a rope trick on the boardwalk. I was fascinated. I guess that's how it started.”

“I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.”

“My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.”

“It was just like a digital fixation with cards and math and science and then I started to look at images of great magicians from Houdini down the line.”

“When I was about 19, I shot a tape of me doing magic just to people on the streets, and I would edit together all the reactions and I kept pushing this idea, and then ABC came on board and made my first show.”

“I have not had time to reflect on my own truths in many years.”

“I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.”

“Well, I also love magic, which is, you know, different than showmanship. Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder.”