David Blaine Quotes

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• Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.
• 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…
• In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.
• I do a lot of research on what people have done in the past.
• As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini.
• I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.
• 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.
• Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.
• As a kid I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidently underwater for 45 minutes…
• We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.
• 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…
• 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…
• As a Magician, I try to show things to people that seem impossible. And I think magic whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling a…
• I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.
• Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can be a beautiful thing
• As children we believe that anything is possible, the trick is to never forget it.
• You don't get into magic...Magic gets into you.
• Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist.
• As a magician, I think everything is possible. And I think if something is done by one person it can be done by others.
• To most magicians, cards themselves are marvels...For one thing, they feel special in your hand. Touching them, holding them, shuffling - the whole process is…

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