Brain Quote by Penn Jillette

One of the things that Teller and I are obsessed with, one of the reasons that we're in magic, is the difference between fantasy…

— Penn Jillette

Magic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very…

— David Copperfield

For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

As a Magician, I try to show things to people that seem impossible. And I think magic whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling…

— David Blaine

As a magician, I try to show things to people that seem impossible. And I think magic, whether I'm holding my breath or shuffling…

— David Blaine

To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.

— Eliphas Levi

We're starting to realize that magicians have a lot of implicit know-ledge about how we perceive the world around us because they have to…

— Richard Wiseman

From the very beginning, I studied acting, directing, lighting, dance and movement. I didn't rely on just the magic to take place. It's a…

— David Copperfield

The great trouble with magicians is the fact that they believe when they have bought a certain trick or piece of apparatus, and know…

— Harry Houdini

“You are alive! True magic involves the reduction of properties to simplicity – making them transmutable so that they can be utilized in fresh…

— Austin Osman Spare

I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.

— Lev Grossman

Magicians are manipulating your consciousness. They are showing you something impossible. They're getting you to construct a narrative, which simply isn't true. So that…

— Richard Wiseman