List of David Blaine Quotes

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 Always Wanted To Do These Types Of Things - Pieces Of Magic I Could Put Out Not As Illusions, But Really Doing It.

As A Kid I Used To Hold My Breath Longer Than Anybody Else, And Then I Heard Stories About People Accidently Underwater For 45 Minutes - How Do You Recover From That? It's Not A Miracle. Something Allows Us To Survive.

I Have Not Had Time To Reflect On My Own Truths In Many Years.

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.

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.

My Mother Encouraged It So Much. She Was So Supportive. Even If As A Kid, I Would Do The Dumbest Trick, Which Now That I Look Back On Some Things, She Would Love It, She Would Say That's Amazing, Or If I'd Make The Ugliest Drawing, She Would Hang It Up. She Was Amazing.

Basically, I Was A Kid Growing Up With A Single Mother In Brooklyn.

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'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.

I Was Obsessed With The Idea Of Fasting And Isolation.

I Think Great Whites Are The Most Beautiful And Perfect Creatures I've Ever Seen.