David Blaine
David Blaine
David Blaineis an American magician, illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has set and broken several world records...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMagician
Date of Birth4 April 1973
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
art create hand illusion love slight
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.
mother teacher art
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.
art hands ideas
Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.
dream emotional artist
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.
art magic form
Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist.
art consider love
I consider myself a showman, and I love magic, and I love art, and I love performance, and they're all separate.
chris liked
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.
avoid days easiest filling pain remove search wish
I think pain is easiest to avoid by filling the days with distractions - I wish to remove everything to search for a truth.
abc board came edit kept people reactions shot tape
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.
based entertainment family
Basically, it's something that's been done in the circuses, based on the old high-wire acts, ... It's like family entertainment, this one.
life
One of the most important experiences in my life
egg guy people throw
For every guy who would throw an egg there would be 100 people waving.
guy people sitting
For a lot of people it's boring. It's a guy sitting in a box.
believe fear-of-death fears-of-life
I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.