Illusion Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.

— Paul Cezanne

I was fascinated with optical illusions.

— Temple Grandin

When I did my first few television specials, my illusions were so advanced that it took a couple of years before the other illusionists…

— Doug Henning

The inspiration for my illusions comes from many places. Most often they come from my dreams, or an everyday occurrence in life.

— David Copperfield

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

— Mark Twain

I don't have any illusions anymore. The illusion that rock 'n' roll could change anything - I don't believe that. I've changed.

— Roger Daltrey

Then I grew up, and the beauty of succulent illusions fell away from me.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Because I was permanently confused, dissatisfied, unhappy, tormented by inadequacy, driven by wanting towards every kind of impossible future, the attitude of mind described…

— Doris Lessing

Illusions are like umbrellas - you no sooner get them than you lose them, and the loss always leaves a little painful wound.

— W. Somerset Maugham

The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you.

— Mary Doria Russell

Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.

— William Faulkner

I was so young but started having these visions and impressions of the world.

— Akiane Kramarik