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David Blaine
Birthday:
4 April 1973
Birth Name:
David Blaine White
Height:
183 cm
Biography
There was a boy, he looked like me. He dreamed he could grow up to be more than just a man.
There was a boy, he looked like me. He dreamed he could grow up to be more than just a man.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.
If I asked you to stand in one spot for 35 hours or a certain length of time, you could do it.
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.
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.
We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.
We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesar's, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.
I think that when Evel Knievel crashed over the fountain at Caesar's, it kind of gave you a credibility and then anticipation for everything he did.
I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.
I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.
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.
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.
I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.
I'd like to bring magic back to the place it used to be 100 years ago.
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.
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.
I hope people remember me as a guy who brought magic to the people. You know, pushed the boundaries of wonder.
I hope people remember me as a guy who brought magic to the people. You know, pushed the boundaries of wonder.
I think anybody can do any of these if they train. I don't recommend it, but anybody could do it if there was a need.
I think anybody can do any of these if they train. I don't recommend it, but anybody could do it if there was a need.
I think everything I do is normal, not paranormal but normal. It's using the power of the mind to achieve whatever we can endure.
I think everything I do is normal, not paranormal but normal. It's using the power of the mind to achieve whatever we can endure.
I think great whites are the most beautiful and perfect creatures I've ever seen.
I think great whites are the most beautiful and perfect creatures I've ever seen.
I think that ,when you die, you go back to where you came from before you were born. So I don't think death is a bad thing.
I think that ,when you die, you go back to where you came from before you were born. So I don't think death is a bad thing.
Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.
Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.
I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.
I believe that fear of life brings a greater fear of death.
I consider myself a showman, and I love magic, and I love art, and I love performance, and they're all separate.
I consider myself a showman, and I love magic, and I love art, and I love performance, and they're all separate.
I do a lot of research on what people have done in the past.
I do a lot of research on what people have done in the past.
I have not had time to reflect on my own truths in many years.
I have not had time to reflect on my own truths in many years.
I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.
I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.
I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.
I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.
My only fear is the unknown.
My only fear is the unknown.
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.
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.
As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini.
As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini.
Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.
Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.
I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse.
I just believe that the feeling of wonder is amazing. I am pushing myself as far as I can humanly push myself... I can only hope for the best and expect the worse.
My mother encouraged it so much. She was so supportive. Even if as a kid, I would do the dumbest trick, which now that I look back on some things, she would love it, she would say that's amazing, or if I'd make the ugliest drawing, she would hang it up. She was amazing.
My mother encouraged it so much. She was so supportive. Even if as a kid, I would do the dumbest trick, which now that I look back on some things, she would love it, she would say that's amazing, or if I'd make the ugliest drawing, she would hang it up. She was amazing.
In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.
In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.
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.
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
David Blaine was born on April 4, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as David Blaine White. He is a producer and actor, known for David Blaine: Street Magic (1996), David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013) and David Blaine: Magic Man (1998).
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