Among Quote by Ricky Jay

Magic has a spiritual element, and is considered very important and of value, and magicians have always been a little bit silly, so if…

— Jon Turteltaub

The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility…

— William Bolitho

The magician depends for the success of his art upon the credulity of the people. Whatever mystifies, excites curiosity; whatever in turn baffles this…

— Alexander Herrmann

Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.

— Ricky Jay

Magic has both feet planted in cheap vaudeville and childish posturing; in dishonesty and therefore not in art.

— Derren Brown

The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder, our lives become filled with joy.

— Doug Henning

It is the duty of all magicians to give entertainment,

— John Henry Anderson

People have all these preconceived notions about magicians, like that they're lonely and bitter or they're socially awkward people. I don't know what magician…

— Justin Willman

Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up…

— Alan Moore

Magicians are typically introverted; they don't tend to work with others, but I work with software programmers, composers, designers, so it's a very diverse…

— Marco Tempest

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

Basically the job of a magician is to do impossible things that challenge the nature of the universe. And I think some magicians buy…

— Justin Willman