Quotes by Magic I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it. David Blaine illusion magic pieces 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. David Blaine magic math cards Of all the memorable phrases that have been minted and mobilised to describe modern British royalty, 'constitutional monarchy' is virtually the only one which seemes to have neither been anticipated nor invented by Walter Bagehot. It was he who insisted that 'a princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and as such it rivets mankind'; and he who warned that the monarchy's 'mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic'. David Cannadine magic phrases memorable The real secret of magic lies in the performance. David Copperfield magic real lying It wasn't just about doing tricks. It's about taking an audience to another place, a special place, so they can really suspend their disbelief. Its about amazing the audience as well as moving them. David Copperfield magic special moving Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder. David Copperfield magic human-nature wonder The most important thing is presentation. David Copperfield presentation magic important Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very quickly, you can fool somebody into thinking you're a great magician. David Copperfield magic lying thinking It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets. David Copperfield ethics magic secret From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place. It's a shame that a lot of magicians just rely on the trick itself and they have no other abilities. They get away with the wonder factor, and I don't think that's enough. It's great, but it's not enough. David Copperfield magic acting thinking You have to learn certain skills to present magic. David Copperfield magic certain skills You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are doing. David Copperfield magic feel-better kind I was teaching magic at NYU when I was 16. David Copperfield nyu magic teaching You'd go in the magic shop [as an 8-year-old ], and you'd walk up to the magicians doing stuff, and they'd turn their back on you. "Oh my gosh, I wish they would accept me." It really lit a fire. I really wanted to succeed. David Copperfield magic fire years I was published in Tarbell Course in Magic when I was 12. David Copperfield courses magic Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder. David Copperfield magic wonder opportunity It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to perform such a diverse range of things. David Copperfield magic able thinking There were really a bunch of old, old magic hobbyists at the time, some of them who actually had known [Harry] Houdini. You had to be 14 to go to these meetings, and he snuck me in at 12. It was glorious. David Copperfield houdini magic bunch I really wanted to succeed. I wanted to be accepted. I read every magic book that I possibly could, studied every move, and by the time I was 12, they really accepted me, they embraced me. David Copperfield magic book moving Magic was a thing that, when I did it, it made all the kids go, "Ah, that's cool." David Copperfield magic made kids «1415161718192021222324»