David Blaine is an American illusionist, endurance-artist, and outrageous entertainer. He is most popular for his prominent accomplishments of endurance and has set and broken a few world records.
Inspirational David Blaine Quotes:
1. “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.” David Blaine
2. “To most magicians, cards themselves are marvels…For one thing, they feel special in your hand. Touching them, holding them, shuffling – the whole process is almost poetic. If you’re in a room full of magicians and someone just mentions the word cards, within seconds, everyone is digging into their pockets and pulling out a deck of cards. It’s one of the most amazing feelings ever.” David Blaine
3. “As a magician, I think everything is possible. And I think if something is done by one person it can be done by others.” David Blaine
4. “As children, we believe that anything is possible, the trick is to never forget it.” David Blaine
5. “I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I’d bury myself underwater so everybody could see that you’re there.” David Blaine
6. “People haven’t even begun to tap into the potential of what the mind is possible of doing. We only use a certain percentage of our brains.” David Blaine
7. “You don’t get into magic. Magic gets into you.” David Blaine
8. “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.” David Blaine
9. “I’d like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.” David Blaine
10. “I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.” David Blaine
11. “I think pain is easiest to avoid by filling the days with distractions – I wish to remove everything to search for a truth.” David Blaine
12. “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.” David Blaine
13. “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.” David Blaine
14. “In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.” David Blaine
15. “In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.” David Blaine
16. “Magic’s an art where you use sleight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued by that idea.” David Blaine
17. “My only fear is the unknown.” David Blaine
18. “As a kid, I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidentally underwater for 45 minutes – how do you recover from that? It’s not a miracle. Something allows us to survive.” David Blaine
19. “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.” David Blaine
20. “I have not had time to reflect on my own truths in many years.” David Blaine
21. “I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.” David Blaine
22. “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.” David Blaine
23. “Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist.” David Blaine
24. “We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.” David Blaine
25. “Michael Jackson did something that no one else in history has managed – he connected with people on every level imaginable, all over the world. He seemed to speak to people at their very core and achieved the impossible. He reached people on a deep emotional level. And that is what any great artist or showman dreams of doing. That is why Michael Jackson was so special to me.” David Blaine