14 Quotes by Doug Henning

When I was in college, being a magician was not the classiest thing to be. It was like being a folk singer before Bob Dylan.

The reason I can give wonder is that I feel wonder about the world: the stars, a tree, my body - everything.

It's important to me to create the largest wonder.

I don't put a girl in a box and clap my hands three times, and she's gone. I get in the box, and I vanish, and I reappear at the other side of the stage. That way, people don't think, 'That's a great illusion.' They think, 'Doug's a great magician.'

Wonder is very necessary in life. When we’re little kids, we’re filled with wonder for the world – it’s fascinating and miraculous. A lot of people lose that. They become cynical and jaded, especially in modern day society. Magic renews that wonder.