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
sharks worry
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.
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.
beautiful thinking perfect
I think great whites are the most beautiful and perfect creatures I've ever seen.
thinking anticipation kind
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.