David Blaine Quotes
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I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.
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I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.
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If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.
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Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.
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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
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I do a lot of research on what people have done in the past.
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I've always liked artists like Chris Burden, who would take performances, put them in galleries, and then do things that were on the edge.
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I consider myself a showman, and I love magic, and I love art, and I love performance, and they're all separate.
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I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesar's, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.
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I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.
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As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini.
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When I was about 19, I shot a tape of me doing magic just to people on the streets, and I would edit together all the reactions and I kept pushing this idea, and then ABC came on board and made my first show.
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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.
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I think that, when you die, you go back to where you came from before you were born. So I don't think death is a bad thing.