David Blaine Quotes

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

I am a showman in the traditional sense, but modern, too. I like to use sets and lighting to create magic.

I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.

A magician pulls a rabbit from a hat, and actors pull truth from fiction.

Magic has both feet planted in cheap vaudeville and childish posturing; in dishonesty and therefore not in art.

But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time.

I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think.

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

I'm fascinated by the similarities and differences between comedians and magicians.

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.

In circuses, there is a lot of magic. Things become other things.

When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.

When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears.

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.

Generally, magicians don't know what to say, so they say stupid and redundant crap like, 'Here I am holding a red ball.'

I'm all for big production - I love putting on shows.

Fashion is an extension of expressing who you are. I love to entertain and put on a show. And that's definitely a part of that.

For me, there is very little difference between magic and art. To me, the ultimate act of magic is to create something from nothing: It's like when the stage magician pulls the rabbit from the hat.

Well, I also love magic, which is, you know, different than showmanship. Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder.

Once I go on stage, the atmosphere is totally theatrical. The greater the illusion, the greater the intensity of the excitement it creates.

I grew up like Athena - covered with playing cards instead of armor - and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.

Penn and Teller love the very intellectual side of magic. Me, I'm more fun than them. They never look like they're having fun. They look angry.

When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book on card manipulation. Somehow, I was more interested in pure manipulation than in all the silly little tricks in the box.