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The magician is the most honest of professionals. He promises to fool you, and he does.

Magic is not about having a puzzle to solve. It's about creating a moment of awe and astonishment. And that can only happen in the mind.

Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does.

Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.

Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and does.

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

The secret of magic is simple. Everything is done with mirrors, except those things that are done with smoke. And there is nothing up my sleeve.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

To a magician, the truth is the funniest joke in the world.

A professional magician is a dedicated artist like any other, but the art of illusion is one which comes closest to the truth about life.

Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts...

It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.

What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.

A good magician's performance tells a story. Each act should build to the next, becoming ever more engaging and impressive.

In magic—and in life—there is only the present moment, the now. You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points. 'Time' doesn't pass. We human beings have enormous difficulty focusing on the present; we're always thinking about what we did, about how we could have done it better, about the consequences of our actions, and about why we didn't act as we should have. Or else we think about the future, about what we're going to do, about how we're going to do it, and about the consequences of our actions.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

The language of magic is metaphor.