69 Quotes by David Blaine

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.

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.

I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.

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.

Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds.

Basically, I was a kid growing up with a single mother in Brooklyn.

I hope people remember me as a guy who brought magic to the people. You know, pushed the boundaries of wonder.

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.