David Blaine Quotes About Magic

Quotes about: Magic

• You don't get into magic. Magic gets into you.

  David Blaine

  Magic, Illusionists, Entertainers

  Interview with Clark Collis, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2002.

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

  David Blaine

  Years, Magic, Used

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist.

  David Blaine

  Art, Magic, Form

• 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 deck of cards, is pretty simple. It's practice, it's training, and It's practice, it's training and experimenting, while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be. And that's what magic is to me.

  David Blaine

  Pain, Simple, Thinking

  "How I held my breath for 17 minutes". TED Talk, www.ted.com. October 2009.

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

  David Blaine

  Art, Hands, Ideas

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• 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.

  David Blaine

  Math, Magic, Cards

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• 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 couldnt get that image out of my head. That started building up my love of magic.

  David Blaine

  Book, Building Up, Scary

  Interview with Adam Kimmel, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 27, 2010.

• 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.

  David Blaine

  Beautiful, Creating, Magic

  Time Out Interview with Brett Martin, April 1, 1999.

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

  David Blaine

  Magic, Pieces, Illusion

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• 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.

  David Blaine

  Perseverance, Simple, Practice

  Interview with Adam Kimmel, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 27, 2010.

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