American - Entertainer | April 4, 1973 -
Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.
David Blaine
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I hope people remember me as a guy who brought magic to the people. You know, pushed the boundaries of wonder.
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I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think.
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Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.
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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 couldn't get that image out of my head. That started building up my love of magic.
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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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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.
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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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As a kid I used to hold my breath longer than anybody else, and then I heard stories about people accidently underwater for 45 minutes - how do you recover from that? It's not a miracle. Something allows us to survive.
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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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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.
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