David Blaine Quotes

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

As children we believe that anything is possible, the trick is to never forget it.

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.

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.

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 that's how it started.

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.

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.

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

As a magician, I think everything is possible. And I think if something is done by one person it can be done by others.

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe. We are stronger and more resourceful than we know, and we can endure much more than we think we can.

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

My only fear is the unknown.

I remember my mother had this deck of cards that her mother had given her and that she passed on to me. It was a gypsy tarot deck that I used to carry everywhere.

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.

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

I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.

I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse.

I think everything I do is normal, not paranormal but normal. Its using the power of the mind to achieve whatever we can endure.

As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini.

I think great whites are the most beautiful and perfect creatures I've ever seen.

I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.

I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.

My mother was a teacher, and when she wanted to show me art and literature and science, she'd take me to museums, parks and free exhibitions.

I do a lot of research on what people have done in the past.

Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.

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

I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesars, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.

I have not had time to reflect on my own truths in many years.

I hope people remember me as a guy who brought magic to the people. You know, pushed the boundaries of wonder.