Audience Quote by Dai Vernon

When [the magician] clicks his fingers and cards change to the four aces, we know we have experienced sleight of hand. Real magic would…

— Derren Brown

Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.

— James Randi

“Not a single person in that audience believes for a second that what I do up there is real,” he says, gesturing in the…

— Erin Morgenstern

It is human nature to want to believe in the wizardry of the magician--but also to turn against him and to scorn him the…

— Dean Koontz

And the nature of magic is all in the person's experience. Whether the magician is using a highly complex sleight of hand or he's…

— Derren Brown

There is not a physicist in the world who can perceive when a parlor magician palms off playing-cards.

— Charles Fort

Generally, magicians don't know what to say, so they say stupid and redundant crap like, 'Here I am holding a red ball.'

— Teller

To most magicians, cards themselves are marvels...For one thing, they feel special in your hand. Touching them, holding them, shuffling - the whole process…

— David Blaine

“A magician creates magic and mesmerizes the audience. But it is a pantomime, and the audience knows that it’s a ruse. It’s in the…

— Laura Lam

When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.

— Teller

“Magicians court the spotlight while living in constant fear of exposure. They regard magic tricks as being like quantum states—destroyed by the very act…

— Alex Stone

A lot of the audience know that magic tricks are largely sleight of hand stuff, but they're intrigued by the mind stuff. They understand…

— Keith Barry