--- title: "10 Tricks Quotes By David Copperfield" description: "10 Tricks quotes by David Copperfield. Plus more from David Copperfield and more Tricks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/david-copperfield-2966_emotional_what-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-my-stage-magic_263401.png" --- > [What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/what-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-my-stage-magic-is-to-take-a-trick-and-give/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/david-copperfield-2966_emotional_what-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-my-stage-magic_263401.png) > [I discovered that magic tricks got me more attention from the girls in my class when I was nine - so a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-discovered-that-magic-tricks-got-me-more-attention-from-the-girls/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/david-copperfield-2966_attention_i-discovered-that-magic-tricks-got-me-mo_2067342.png) > [I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. That took seven years to create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-used-to-fly-around-the-stage-without-strings-or-camera-tricks-that/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/david-copperfield-2966_cameras_i-used-to-fly-around-the-stage-without-s_790534.png) > [The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/the-first-trick-i-bought-at-macy-s-was-a-little-wooden-board-where-a/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/david-copperfield-2966_appear_the-first-trick-i-bought-at-macy-s-was-a_509114.png) > [It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/it-wasn-t-just-about-doing-tricks-it-s-about-taking-an-audience-to/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/918/david-copperfield-2966_audience_it-wasn-t-just-about-doing-tricks-it-s-a_1166396.png) > [Everything that you'd see on The Ed Sullivan Show was at the Tannen's Magic. You'd think that if you could afford a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/everything-that-you-d-see-on-the-ed-sullivan-show-was-at-the-tannen-s/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/david-copperfield-2966_dove_everything-that-you-d-see-on-the-ed-sull_358508.png) > [Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/magic-is-the-only-profession-where-it-s-easy-to-lie-about-your-talent/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/david-copperfield-2966_easy_magic-is-the-only-profession-where-it-s_2358988.png) > [I had a point of view, which was different. I looked at magic as theater, as storytelling, and I tried to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-had-a-point-of-view-which-was-different-i-looked-at-magic-as/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/david-copperfield-2966_approach_i-had-a-point-of-view-which-was-differen_1243873.png) > [From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/from-the-very-beginning-i-studied-acting-directing-lighting-dance-and/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/david-copperfield-2966_ability_from-the-very-beginning-i-studied-acting_238130.jpg) > [My show is constantly evolving... new tricks are added, old ones are dropped... so it stays fresh. But it's the randomly selected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/my-show-is-constantly-evolving-new-tricks-are-added-old-ones-are/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/david-copperfield-2966_audience_my-show-is-constantly-evolving-new-trick_454142.png) ## Other authors on Tricks ## More by David Copperfield > [There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/there-is-a-safe-spot-within-every-tornado-my-job-is-to-find-it/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [I'm inventing new principles. The audience has a point of view that no one can predict.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-m-inventing-new-principles-the-audience-has-a-point-of-view-that-no/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [I love creating new things. It's kind of my job, it's what I do, and I really have fun with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-love-creating-new-things-it-s-kind-of-my-job-it-s-what-i-do-and-i/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [I was teaching magic at NYU when I was 16.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-was-teaching-magic-at-nyu-when-i-was-16/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [The real secret of magic lies in the performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/the-real-secret-of-magic-lies-in-the-performance/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [Everyone was talking about having airplanes disappear. And I said, "Wait, wait, wait. That's what you like? I'd tell you a story about something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/everyone-was-talking-about-having-airplanes-disappear-and-i-said-wait/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [For me, it's about risk taking, taking things in new directions. Because every single time, no matter how much you learn, you can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/for-me-it-s-about-risk-taking-taking-things-in-new-directions-because/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [It's okay for me to be gay, but God didn't make me that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/it-s-okay-for-me-to-be-gay-but-god-didn-t-make-me-that-way/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/ride-on-rough-shod-if-need-be-smooth-shod-if-that-will-do-but-ride-on/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/magicians-are-the-people-who-began-to-use-film-as-an-illusion-on-stage/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-m-just-waiting-for-people-to-start-asking-me-to-make-the-rain/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/magicians-lose-the-opportunity-to-experience-a-sense-of-wonder/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [I am fortunate to have the resources to have many methods to do each of my illusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-am-fortunate-to-have-the-resources-to-have-many-methods-to-do-each/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [I'm the luckiest man in the world - performing 500 shows a year and loving what I do - illusion IS my day to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-m-the-luckiest-man-in-the-world-performing-500-shows-a-year-and/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) > [From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/from-the-very-beginning-i-studied-acting-directing-lighting-dance-and/) [David Copperfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-copperfield/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tricks/david-copperfield/#itemlist", "name": "10 Tricks Quotes By David Copperfield", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Copperfield" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/what-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-my-stage-magic-is-to-take-a-trick-and-give/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/david-copperfield-2966_emotional_what-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-my-stage-magic_263401.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/david-copperfield-2966_emotional_what-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-my-stage-magic_263401.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/david-copperfield-2966_emotional_what-i-ve-tried-to-do-in-my-stage-magic_263401.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.” — David Copperfield", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I discovered that magic tricks got me more attention from the girls in my class when I was nine - so a magician was born!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Copperfield" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-copperfield/i-discovered-that-magic-tricks-got-me-more-attention-from-the-girls/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/david-copperfield-2966_attention_i-discovered-that-magic-tricks-got-me-mo_2067342.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/david-copperfield-2966_attention_i-discovered-that-magic-tricks-got-me-mo_2067342.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/david-copperfield-2966_attention_i-discovered-that-magic-tricks-got-me-mo_2067342.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I discovered that magic tricks got me more attention from the girls in my class when I was nine - so a…” — David Copperfield", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I used to fly around the stage without strings or camera tricks. 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