In magic we have a variety of "uses" for our art beyond magic itself, which reminds me of the notion of art therapy. The rendering of art inferior to…

- Derren Brown

A diner having a row with a waiter in a swanky restaurant chills the blood in a way that a quarrel over a pizza order elsewhere would never do. Compa…

- Derren Brown

I control the conditions so my testers become my testees.

- Derren Brown

Liberating but hard to remember we're just bit-parts in the lives of people we know, who care very little for our secrets

- Derren Brown

Whereas non-scientific (and potentially dangerous) thinking starts with a premise and then looks for things that support it, scientific thinking cons…

- Derren Brown

Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in the magic world is among the very…

- Derren Brown

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

- Derren Brown

I am often dishonest in my techniques ... I happily admit to cheating, it's all part of the game. I hope some of the fun for the viewer comes from no…

- Derren Brown

Our fascination with weather: its caprices and changes as an antidote to the eternal repetition of daily life; a helpful illusion of novelty

- Derren Brown