“Magicians have taken something intrinsically profound and made it look trivial.” Quote by Jamy Ian Swiss
“It is important as a mentalist to notice small things about people... little things such as being able to tell if someone is right or left handed by looking at which way their belt is pointing. Looking at a book of matches will tell you if they are right or left handed by the side the matches are removed.... It's important to notice these things because the more you do, the more you will realize that each person has little psychological nuances that tell you a lot about the individual. Doing so will tremendously sharpen your skills.” PeopleIfsWayLittlesPersonsImportantBookAbleIndividualLeftSidesRealizingMagicSkillsPsychologicalLittle ThingsPointingBeltsSmall ThingsNuanceLeft Handed Author:Banachek
“Magic consists of creating, by misdirection of the senses, the mental impression of supernatural agency at work. That, and only that, is what modern magic really is, and that meaning alone is now assignable to the term.” TermMagicModernCreatingSensesImpressionAgencyMisdirection Author:John Nevil Maskelyne
“Escapology has one thing going for it that probably made Harry Houdini such a superstar in his day and a legend in the present. Everyone wants to escape from something. Taxes, contracts, illness, work, the multitude of burdens that we chafe under are shadows from which we want to escape.” WantMadeMagicOne ThingTaxesShadowIllnessBurdenContractsLegendsMultitudesSuperstarGoing For ItHoudini Author:James Randi
“[Magic] can guide people to the very edge of reason - and then push them off. Thoughts collapse for a moment and the mind is free to just experience. Magic is a window to eternity.” PeopleMindReasonMomentsMagicWindowEternityEdgesGuidesCollapse Author:Patrick Martin
“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 therapy is an interesting one: interesting in the sense that it makes me want to vomit angrily.” WantArtUseInterestingMagicArt IsNotionVarietyTherapyInferiorsRenderingArt Therapy Author:Derren Brown
“The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does.” TryingDoeUniverseMagicFiguresHugeScientistTricksMagic Tricks Author:Martin Gardner
“Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities.” MindMagicPossibilityPoetMastersLoversPermanentFraudMagicianMazes Author:Adam Gopnik
“Wonder is the first of all the passions.” FirstsPassionWonderMagic Book:Passions of the Soul Source: Passions of the Soul
“Mimes were invented to give magicians someone to look down on.” GivingLooksMagicMagicianMime Author:Jamy Ian Swiss