David Copperfield Quotes

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

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

I've always performed magic as a kid.

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

He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring tricks. It's just such a curious thing.

I'm not a big fan of doing it because I get really frustrated because I can't do any of the tricks, but I love to watch magic.

Of course, in all magic tricks there's a secret.

I did magic at children's parties when I was a kid.

One day, I saw a magic show, and I was like, 'I have to learn how to do this!' Every time I went to Las Vegas, I had to get at least two or three tricks from the magic shops.

I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks.

There's magic all around us: Our smartphones are magical, 3-D printers are magical. So I feel that as a magician, if I can pull off something that seems real and convincing enough that I can explain why it's happening and have people believe it, it really is fascinating. And funny.

I always say that I love magic but I hate magicians. I like being fooled. If you wave your hands in front of my face and I think you're doing a trick, I'm easily impressed. If you pull a quarter out of my ear, I'm quite certain you're a wizard. But I don't like the way most magicians don't act like they're magical; they act like show business dicks.

MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.

The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy.

I discovered at the age of six that everything was a phony, worked with mirrors. Since then, I've always wanted to be a magician.

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.

My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years.

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, historically, has been a man doing tricks with no wider story behind it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As a kid, I kind of spent my life being amazed by being tricked. I love being tricked. I still love it today.