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
pain simple thinking
As a Magician, I try to show things to people that seem impossible. And I think magic whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling a deck of cards is pretty simple: It's practice, it's training and it's experimenting while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be. And that's what magic is to me.
best breath deck holding pain pushing whether
I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling a deck of cards, is pretty simple. It's practice, it's training, and it's - It's practice, it's training and experimenting, while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be.
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.
drown
If not, I will drown and you all will see something pretty insane.
gets half lose mind second start three worried
I'm not worried about the first three weeks, I'm worried about the second half of this when I start to lose my mind and everything gets really bad,
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.
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.
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.
book building-up scary
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.
math lines digital
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.