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Quote by Richard Osterlind

“If you can truly believe what you are pretending to do is really happening, then your audience will believe it, too.”

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Richard Osterlind, born on March 6, 1948, is a renowned magician and inventor in the field of magic. His work is characterized by innovation and uniqueness, having a profound impact on the magic community. more

“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.”

People Ifs Way Littles Persons Important Book Able Individual Left Sides Realizing Magic Skills Psychological Little Things Pointing Belts Small Things Nuance Left 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.”

Term Magic Modern Creating Senses Impression Agency Misdirection

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.”

Want Made Magic One Thing Taxes Shadow Illness Burden Contracts Legends Multitudes Superstar Going For It Houdini

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.”

People Mind Reason Moments Magic Window Eternity Edges Guides Collapse

Author:Patrick Martin

“Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.”

Enjoy Magic

Author:James Dyson

“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.”

Want Art Use Interesting Magic Art Is Notion Variety Therapy Inferiors Rendering Art 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.”

Trying Doe Universe Magic Figures Huge Scientist Tricks Magic Tricks

Author:Martin Gardner

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