“Even if your difficult time comes at you out of the blue - like cancer - even those times, opens your heart to the magic and power of life, and gives you this inner commitment to live every moment.” IfsGivingHeartMomentsDifficultMagicCommitmentBlueCancerDifficult TimesLive Every Moment Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“To make magic credible on screen is always very difficult. The story is the most important thing. That is what should win. If sacrifices or compromises are made, it's usually for story. Story in magic is very, very important to me. That's what I've really championed through my career.” IfsShouldMadeImportantStoriesWinningDifficultCareersMagicSacrificeImportant ThingsScreensCompromiseMade ItCredible Author:David Copperfield
“There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel less the dignity of the sex. The origin of all women may be called celestial, for their power is the offspring of the gifts of Nature; by yielding to pride and ambition they soon destroy the magic of their charms.” FeelsMayPersonsSexDifficultMagicPrideBirthAmbitionAdvantageDignityFortuneConnectedVanityVainCharmCelestialOffspring Author:Madame de Stael
“Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. The power of magic should not be underestimated. It works, often in ways that are unexpected and difficult to control.” WayShouldDifficultWiseMagicDangerousAdventureUltimateCraftsUnexpectedExhilaratingUnderestimated Book:Spiral Dance: Slipcase Source: Spiral Dance: Slipcase
“The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility of God and the police to be guarded against; on the other it is as difficult as music, as deep as poetry, as ingenious as stage-craft, as nervous as the manufacture of high explosives, and as delicate as the trade in narcotics.” HandsDifficultImaginationMagicStagePoliceTradeProfessionNervousCraftsDelicateMagicianHostilityIngeniousGuardedExplosivesSpecializationNarcotics Author:William Bolitho
“You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most magicians do, but that's not what I'm about. With 'Mindfreak' on television and 'Believe' live, I want to bring things that people have never seen before. That process is very difficult. It's very challenging, and you never know how long it's going to take - months or years.” PeopleKnowsWantYearsBelieveLongProcessDifficultChallengesKnow HowMagicTelevisionMonthsShopsMagicianBuilder Author:Criss Angel
“We think of religion as the symbolic expression of our highest moral ideals; we think of magic as a crude aggregate of superstitions. Religious belief seems to become mere superstitious credulity if we admit any relationship with magic. On the other hand our anthropological and ethnographical material makes it extremely difficult to separate the two fields.” IfsThinkingTwoHandsSeemsReligionBeliefDifficultReligiousMoralMagicFieldsExpressionMaterialsHighestIdealsMereSuperstitionsSymbolicCrudeReligious BeliefSuperstitiousCredulity Book:An essay on man: an introduction to a philosophy of human culture Source: An essay on man: an introduction to a philosophy of human culture
“Filmmaking is a difficult process. There are the logistics of making a film. You have to do your part, and then change the entire thing around to do someone else's part. A lot of the magic is lost, in between that, and you have to figure out how to get it back.” FilmLostProcessDifficultMagicFiguresFilmmakingLogistics Author:Aaron Eckhart