Criss Angel Quotes - Page 2

Quotes about:

• The days of television as we knew it growing up are over. You have a bigger, wider world audience on the Internet, larger than any American television series. People don't watch television in the same context as before. Nowadays they watch their television on the Internet at their convenience. That's the whole wave, and it's now - not the future.

  Criss Angel

  Growing Up, People, Over You

  4 Copy quote

• If people are fans of 'Mindfreak,' they are going to be so excited with 'Believe.' They are actually going to see those illusions that people think can only happen with trick photography.

  Criss Angel

  Photography, Believe, Thinking

  "Exclusive: Backstage interview with Criss Angel as Believe is moved to Halloween". Interview with Robin Leach, lasvegassun.com. September 18, 2008.

  5 Copy quote

• I wasn't a smart kid and I still don't think I'm too smart when it comes to book smart, but I was very good with what I knew and with my craft and I think that was my calling in life. But even today I never went to college.

  Criss Angel

  Smart, Book, Kids

  4 Copy quote

• I had an amazing childhood, lots of love. But my dad worked his tail off, getting up at 4 in the morning and going off at 5, 6 o'clock, yet he always had time to spend with his kids and his wife.

  Criss Angel

  Morning, Dad, Kids

  5 Copy quote

• I love develop as an artist, to push my envelope, to grow, to make mistakes, to learn from them and to try and be the very best that I can be while I'm on this earth.

  Criss Angel

  Mistake, Artist, Trying

  "Criss Angel Creates Phenomenon!". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. October 14, 2007.

  4 Copy quote

• Well I have you know, several CD's out; one of my best friends is Sully Erna from Godsmack - he is Godsmack, and we're going to be working on an album together.

  Criss Angel

  Cds, Together, My Best Friend

  4 Copy quote

• Pain can be a beautiful thing.

  Criss Angel

  Beautiful, Pain, Beautiful Things

  8 Copy quote

• I've never, ever had any therapy. Some might say I need it, but I've never seen a shrink or a psychologist or anything like that.

  Criss Angel

  Needs, Might, Psychologist

  Interview with Jeanne Wolf, parade.com. August 28, 2007.

  8 Copy quote

• A lot of the demonstrations that I do, when I get inside peoples minds, is understanding human behavior and understanding how people think and getting their patterns down so I know how to create the illusion that I get inside their brain.

  Criss Angel

  Thinking, People, Understanding

  9 Copy quote

• I would love to be fooled. The innocence of child for the first time, seeing something and being in wonder is something that I long for because I'm tainted.

  Criss Angel

  Children, Long, Firsts

  "Criss Angel Creates Phenomenon!". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. October 14, 2007.

  9 Copy quote

• And you know, I'm so used to going 100 miles an hour in every direction and sleeping you know, two, three hours a night, and that's the way I live.

  Criss Angel

  Sleep, Night, Two

  7 Copy quote

• You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most magicians do, but that's not what I'm about. With 'Mindfreak' on television and 'Believe' live, I want to bring things that people have never seen before. That process is very difficult. It's very challenging, and you never know how long it's going to take - months or years.

  Criss Angel

  Believe, Years, Long

  8 Copy quote

• I came up with the term 'mindfreak' because I didn't like the word 'magician.' I felt like I wanted to coin a term that would be basically the reaction to my art. It would be a mindfreak and so that's why I came up with that. But, many people say I'm really a student of humanity and psychology.

  Criss Angel

  Art, People, Psychology

  "Interview With Criss Angel". Interview, parade.com. August 28, 2007.

  8 Copy quote

• The first time I thought about attempting a body suspension was after watching a documentary on rites-of-passage ceremonies from other cultures. I was completely intrigued by what these people put their bodies through.

  Criss Angel

  Other Cultures, People, Firsts

  Criss Angel (2009). “Mindfreak: Secret Revelations”, p.19, Harper Collins

  4 Copy quote

• One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the early 20th century, especially his escape from the Chinese water torture cell, represented triumph over suffocation, drowning, disorientation and helplessness.

  Criss Angel

  Art, Inspiration, Cells

  4 Copy quote

• Magic is the oldest part of the show business profession. It can now be used as a forward-thinking tool to build a child's confidence. It has been an amazing part in many entertainers' lives, including Steve Martin and the late Johnny Carson.

  Criss Angel

  Children, Thinking, Magic

  4 Copy quote

• Well, I had an immense respect for Cirque du Soleil when I first say them in the '80s on a television show and just thought, you know, this group is really reinventing the circus, as you know. Because there wasn't three rings. There were no animals.

  Criss Angel

  Animal, Circus, Firsts

  4 Copy quote

• You can't please everyone, and trying to is the kiss of death. I don't care about Wayne Newton's demographics. When I do, I'll know that it's time to quit.

  Criss Angel

  Kissing, Trying, Care

  4 Copy quote

• Oprah is signed on to help, and a lot of celebrity friends have agreed to help me raise money for Make-A-Wish. We want to make the world a better place for innocent children. I cried my heart out when my father died from cancer. I wish I was smarter, wiser like a doctor, to save these children from dying.

  Criss Angel

  Children, Cancer, Father

  4 Copy quote

• I have real TV studios. If I have an idea, I can go shoot it. I can experiment. If I choose to air it or not, it's at my discretion. I don't have to do it to somebody else's time frame.

  Criss Angel

  Real, Air, Ideas

  4 Copy quote

• I am a very emotional person.

  Criss Angel

  Emotional, Emotional Person, Persons

  4 Copy quote

• I love the press; I even like the people that don't like me. If it wasn't for those people, no one would know who I was and I wouldn't have a gig.

  Criss Angel

  People, Gigs, Don't Like Me

  "Exclusive: Backstage interview with Criss Angel as Believe is moved to Halloween". Interview with Robin Leach, lasvegassun.com. September 18, 2008.

  4 Copy quote

• I think if you would have cut Houdini with a knife, blood wouldn't come out, PR would.

  Criss Angel

  Cutting, Thinking, Blood

  4 Copy quote

• I worked 18 years to become an overnight success. Now MagicPlace.com will short circuit that process for people.

  Criss Angel

  Years, People, Short Circuit

  7 Copy quote

• I've been a live performer longer than I've been a television performer. For me, live is where it's at.

  Criss Angel

  Television, Performers

  "Exclusive: Criss Angel's magic warehouse and all-new Believe". Interview with Robin Leach, lasvegassun.com. October 29, 2010.

  4 Copy quote

Page 2 of 3

First

← Prev

1

2

3

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin