In magic we have a variety of "uses" for our art beyond magic itself, which reminds me of the notion of art therapy. The rendering of art inferior to therapy is an interesting one: interesting in the sense that it… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I’m a big fan of parrots - I think they’re fascinating creatures. Many of them live for longer than us humans and it's interesting to me the way they learn to mimic human voices even though they don't really comprehend… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I think you can be sceptical, and still do things that are in a joyful way, and ultimately you are on stage entertaining. If… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
When you're with your partner, I think, does everyone else sing and do the stupid voices and all that stuff that I do and… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
People often think that you get the most of everything from having your face on the screen but its really, like musicians, when you… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Mentalist is the technical term for what I do and it covers everything from psychic medium through Uri Geller, through to magicians doing tricks… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
“I'd rather cut off my own balls with blunt bacon scissors than host a dinner party.” — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
There's something a bit embarrassing about saying you're a magician. It immediately suggests all these horrendous cliches, let alone that you're a grown-up doing… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Our fascination with weather: its caprices and changes as an antidote to the eternal repetition of daily life; a helpful illusion of novelty — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I have got friends that I have got to know and found out that, the first few times I was with them, they were… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
Magic is a performance, and a performance should have an honesty, a relevance and a resonance if it is to be offered to spectators… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I'm probably more persuasive than the next person if I want to be, but do I want to be? In my head, I just… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I was part of a very uncool group. It was a group that liked classical music. They were known as the Music School Gang… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
