Magician Quotes

In magic, today as always, the effect is what counts.

The method or methods used are always purely secondary.

A magician is an actor playing the part of a magician.

The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful.

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

All magic is about transformation... the performance magician is telling you that you are the magician in your own life. You are the agent of transformation, your own transformation.

Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty.

The impossible I do immediately, miracles take a little longer

The personality must be bigger than the prop.

Good timing is invisible. Bad timing sticks out a mile.

Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make.

They are inclined to believe that they are 'getting away with it,' when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience.

A good magic effect should easily be described in one sentence.

Don`t make unimportant things important

If I could climax as many times as a Derek Dingle routine I would be a happy man!

The art of a magician is to create wonder.

If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy.

Comedy born of bewilderment is the only comedy that should be in magic.

To me, it's never about the trick. I don't care about how something works. I care about how people feel when they watch it. You know, that - that connection - that emotional connection is true magic.

Wonder is a very subtle, precious emotion, often lost in the gross hustle and bustle of modern life. When we feel wonder, we are immediately reminded of the purity and innocence of our childhood. Then, everything was magical and mysterious. Magic should help us relive that wonder.

A Magician is not a Magician because he knows tricks, but because he knows Magic - the principles, the fundamentals.

Bees are a good omen to Kings, for they signify an obsequious people.

Wonder is very necessary in life. When we're little kids, we're filled with wonder for the world - it's fascinating and miraculous. A lot of people lose that. They become cynical and jaded, especially in modern day society. Magic renews that wonder.

Many people take exception to me and say that I'm doing black magic and things they can't do at church. But I'm doing magic that started their church.

It is the duty of all magicians to give entertainment.

Large action arrest small action.

If you would bring the magic out of your mind - the magic which will transform everything - you must believe.

Magic is something that seems like it goes against how the world works and its us magicians job to be doing that.

Most magicians are afraid of magic.

I can fool you because you're a human.

You have a wonderful human mind that works no different from my human mind. Usually when we're fooled, the mind hasn't made a mistake. It's come to the wrong conclusion for the right reason.

The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

ALWAYS KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DREAM EXCEPT YOU.

YOU?RE IN CONTROL OF YOUR DESTINY - BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE!

The spirits are an age-old theme, a story from darkest history, and therefore a presentational anchor that can be used with many different magic tricks.

There is nothing miraculous about puzzles. Competent mentalism is miraculous.

...any effect to be successful must first be founded upon a simple method and then be performed with a direct to-the-point presentation.

We should never allow presentation to become a casualty of method.

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.

Well to be perfectly frank with you I never created art or have done demonstrations for anyone before myself artistically. I always do it to try to push my own envelope to be the best I can be.

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.

I used to think that if I had success I would have freedom.

But I have less freedom now than I've ever had. And what gives me satisfaction is not the jewelry and not the cars. What gives me satisfaction is doing things for others, like children.

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.

If your sleight of hand causes you to break eye contact with your audience, it is too advanced for your skill level.

If there is a single secret, then it can be simply put.

Think big, create, plan, rethink (even bigger) then prepare, practice and perform.

Magic clubs have as much to do with magic as country clubs have with being in the country.

Look for all the world like you're counting the brain cells in his cranium.

You had to see yourself poor and think of yourself as being poor, or you never would have been poor.

Every acting gig isn't the same, every writing job isn't the same, every live performance isn't the same - the challenge is the level of difficulty or ease, and that may vary.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

Pain can be a beautiful thing.

HAIL HERMES! Mr. Lantiere has created something very special for all of us who love the history of mystery. The Magicician's Wand book opens doors to the past where we have an opportunity to explore the deeper meanings, myths and symbols of our art.

Some of the best ideas I've gotten for my act have come from comedians and not magicians.

Magicians have taken something intrinsically profound and made it look trivial.

My last piece of advice to the degenerate slot player who thinks he can beat the one-armed bandit consists of four little words: It can't be done.