Magician Quotes

• The art of a magician is not found in the simple deception, but in what surrounds it, the construction of a reality which supports the illusion.

  Jim Steinmeyer

  Art, Simple, Reality

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• For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Taken, Brain, Century

  "NOVA scienceNOW: How Does the Brain Work?", www.pbs.org. September 14, 2011.

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• Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

  James Randi

  People, World, Fool

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• You don't get into magic. Magic gets into you.

  David Blaine

  Magic, Illusionists, Entertainers

  Interview with Clark Collis, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2002.

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• The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy.

  Doug Henning

  Art, Joy, Magic

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• Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.

  Tennessee Williams

  Truth, Opposites, Giving

  Tennessee Williams (1999). “The Glass Menagerie”, p.4, New Directions Publishing

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• Misdirection. What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.

  John Travolta

  Believe, Eye, Mind

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• The expert magician seeks to deceive the mind, rather than the eye.

  Sol Stein

  Eye, Magic, Mind

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• The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

  David Copperfield

  Real, Lying, Magic

  "The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Coming Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments" by Charles Goyette, (Ch. 6), 2009.

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• There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Magic, Happens

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• Do not be a magician - be magic!

  Leonard Cohen

  Magic, Moral, Ethics

  Leonard Cohen (2011). “Beautiful Losers”, p.181, Vintage

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• When people say you can't do it - that it's impossible - never lose hope. Just because they couldn't doesn't mean you can't.

  David Copperfield

  Mean, Positivity, Believe In Yourself

  FaceBook post by David Copperfield from May 28, 2012

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• Hey, I fool the camera. I'm a liar, a magician.

  Janice Dickinson

  Liars, Cameras, Hey

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• If I don't fool you, I'm not doing my job as a magician.
  If I make you feel foolish, I'm not doing my job as a human being.

  Jerry Andrus

  Jobs, Fool, Feels

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• A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first.

  Louis L'Amour

  Brain, Firsts, Hats

  Louis L'Amour (2008). “Education of a Wandering Man”, p.77, Bantam

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• Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Science, Technology, Possible And Impossible

  Letter to the editor, Science, 19 Jan. 1968.

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• When [the magician] clicks his fingers and cards change to the four aces, we know we have experienced sleight of hand. Real magic would not be quite that quick and easy. Real magic would take investment. Real magic would draw you in, and make you nervous.

  Derren Brown

  Real, Hands, Magic

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• Weak people talk and do not act, strong people act and keep quiet.

  Eliphas Levi

  Success, Strong, Procrastination

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• For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

  Ricky Jay

  Lovely, Magic, Would Be

  "Seven Lies About Lying". Interview with Errol Morris, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2009.

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• Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side.

  Hugh Prather

  Love You, Two, People

  Hugh Prather (2001). “Love and Courage”, p.40, Conari Press

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• Make no mistake about it, magick is an art form, and every true magician is an artist.

  Lon Milo DuQuette

  Inspirational, Life, Art

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• A fundamental understanding of the human psyche is the essential key to successful magic.

  Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin

  Successful, Keys, Understanding

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• Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you feel like something's been given to you.

  Jim Steinmeyer

  Taken, Simple, Giving

  Jim Steinmeyer, Teller (2009). “Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear”, p.22, Da Capo Press

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  Love is the magician that pulls him out of his own hat.

  Ben Hecht

  Love, Valentines Day, Men

  "A Child of the Century".

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• As a magician, you must think about chaos and order. Those are the two forces that control the universe.

  Rick Riordan

  Thinking, Order, Two

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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