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Derren Brown Quotes

born 1971 England

Derren Victor Brown (born 27 February 1971) is a British illusionist, mentalist, painter, writer and sceptic.

England
Magicians
Painters

Also known as: Derren brown

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70 quotes

There will always be liars, swindlers and charlatans. Hopefully there will also always be the modern Houdinis and the seekers of the truth, snapping at their heels and holding them to account.

Harry Houdini on Deception (foreword) (2009)

The single most valuable human trait, the one quality every schoolchild and adult should be taught to nurture, is, quite simply, kindness.

Confessions of a Conjuror (2010)

Paul [McKenna] and I have been working on making each other’s hair fall out for years now, with some success.

Svengali (2012)

The desire to impress is an efficient means of bringing out one’s least impressive qualities.

Confessions of a Conjuror (2010)

Every day when you leave your home you give away more than you could ever imagine about who you are and what you do.

Mind Control (1999)

I can’t drive, play football without crying, or successfully use a PS3 controller.

Svengali (2012)

Dull magic is a collection of tricks: great magic should sting.

Harry Houdini on Deception (foreword) (2009)

Hello and welcome to Mind Control Night. Three hours of watching my smug balding head so make sure you have plenty of night time snacks, depilatory cream and really good drugs to hand.

There are three things I noticed about being thirty-three: Failing memory, hair loss and failing memory.

Trick of the Mind (2004)

In Victorian criminology there was an enthusiasm for spotting criminal tendencies in a person’s features.

Trick of the Mind (2004)

One of the techniques that I use to imitate psychic phenomena is photographic memory.

Mind Control (1999)

For me, the most enjoyable aspect of going out and performing is that I never know how susceptible people will be to my methods.

Mind Control (1999)

Yet what makes the show what it is - a truly mesmerising theatrical event that should live forever in the memory - is the magic and the variety, speed and dexterity with which Brown performs it.

Even though it’s dark sometimes or it’s scary for the people involved, ultimately I always make sure they’re exhilarated by it. It’s genuinely a real pleasure to take people to that place.

Trick of the Mind (2004)

The way that we draw faces says so much about the way that we see ourselves and the way that we see each other.

Derren Brown Plays Russian Roulette Live (2003)

I’m going to teach them some genuine skills that I use, peppered with some spurious pop-psychology and quite a lot of bullshit.

Derren Brown: The Heist (2006)

Every week we go to the supermarket and every week we allow ourselves to be manipulated by the packaging and layout of the goods.

Trick of the Mind (2004)

Frankly, I think I’m just a balding, goateed show off.

Derren Brown: The Gathering (2005)

Russian Roulette should not, under any circumstances, be copied. It is extremely dangerous.

Derren Brown Plays Russian Roulette Live (2003)

If a piece of 'alternative medicine' can be shown to work reliably, it ceases to become alternative. It just becomes medicine.

Tricks of the Mind (2006)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Derren Brown (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.