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“I was now at a university in New York, a professor of existential psychology with the not inconsiderable thesis that magic, dread, and the perception of death were the roots of motivation.”

Motivation Psychology Magic New York Perception Roots University Professors Dread Existential Thesis

Book:An American Dream: A Novel

Source: An American Dream: A Novel

“[My work] is using light as a material to influence or affect the medium of perception. I feel that I want to use light as this wonderful and magic elixir that we drink as Vitamin D through the skin - and I mean, we are literally light-eaters - to then affect the way that we see.”

Way Want Feels Mean Use Light Wonderful Magic Influence Materials Drink Perception Skins Mediums Vitamins Elixir Vitamin D

Author:James Turrell

“I think that a true economics thinker or a Marxist thinker would make nonsense of my argument, although I have given massive seminars and no one has demolished it so far. I did think that this idea from an artisanal and trading perception of the auratic quality of goods when they are given character and inscription, made the stories of phantasmic wealth read more powerfully in the 18th and 19th centuries than the stories of Cinderella's wealth, because they are conjured out of nothing by these magic means.”

Thinking Mean Made Ideas Character Stories Given Wealth Quality Magic Century Perception Economics Argument Nonsense Massive Goods Thinker Trading 19th Century Marxist Inscriptions Seminars

Author:Marina Warner

“No waving of enchanted wands but heightened perception. No magic objects, but a transformed and enhanced reality. No spells or chants, but the raw power of the human will to enact supernatural change upon the universal fabric. This is the kind of "magic" that fills Lords of Rainbow - elemental, organic, humanistic - an extension of reality.”

Humans Kind Reality Lord Magic Objects Perception Universal Spells Transformed Rainbow Fabric Extensions Enchanted Wands Elementals Humanistic Human Will

Author:Vera Nazarian

“If you make a film, that magic is not there, because you were there while shooting it. After writing a film and shooting it and being in the editing room every day, you can never see it clearly. I think other people's perception of your film is more valid than your own, because they have that ability to see it for the first time.”

People Ifs Thinking Writing Firsts Film Ability Rooms Magic Perception First Time Shooting Editing Ability To See

Author:Jim Jarmusch

“Basically the job of a magician is to do impossible things that challenge the nature of the universe. And I think some magicians buy into that perception a little too much. These days that turns people off a little bit. I'm not a wizard. I don't have special powers. If I did, I would not be doing magic for a living!”

People Thinking Universe Challenges Impossible Magic Special Perception Magician

Author:Justin Willman

“It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.”

Ifs Life Inspirational Art Action Magic Scene Perception Function Cease Familiar Memorable Shakes

Author:Anais Nin

“This is the awe-inspiring universe of magic: There are no atoms, only waves and motions all around. Here, you discard all belief in barriers to understanding. You put aside understanding itself. This universe cannot be seen, cannot be heard, cannot be detected in any way by fixed perceptions. It is the ultimate void where no preordained screens occur upon which forms may be projected. You have only one awareness here—the screen of the magi: Imagination! Here, you learn what it is to be human. You are a creator of order, of beautiful shapes and systems, an organizer of chaos.”

“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.”

Life Inspirational Spiritual Success Emotion Beauty Magic Perception Appearance Things Change Perception Of The World

Book:Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces

“Any perception can connect us to reality, properly and fully. What we see doesn't have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some principle of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything.”

Real Reality Quality Principles Magic Perception Appreciate Something Real

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Eight: Great Eastern Sun; Shambhala; Selected Writings

“Magic is the power within oneself. You have enough strength and exertion and energy to view things as they are, personally, properly, and directly. You have the chance to experience the brightness of life and the haziness of life, which is also a source of power. The fantastically sharp-edged quality of life can be experienced personally and directly. There is a powerful sense of perception available to you.”

Enough Energy Chance Views Powerful Quality Magic Source Perception Oneself Available Quality Of Life Brightness Exertion

Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“The painter who strives to represent reality must transcend his own perception. He must ignore or override the very mechanismsin his mInd that create objects out of images(symbols)... The artist, like the eye, must provide true images and the clues of distance to tell his magic lies.”

Mind Reality Eye Lying Artist Magic Objects Perception Distance Strive Painter Symbols Strife Clue

Author:Colin Blakemore

“The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.”

Suffering Risk Magic Becoming Involved Perception Pursuit Frightened Symptoms Deluded

Book:The Book of English Magic

Source: The Book of English Magic