Art Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

The illusion of magic is an idealistic fantasy; it exists only in the imagination of the spectator.

— Paul LePaul

There is no magic. There is only knowledge, more or less hidden.

— Gene Wolfe

Magic, indeed, is all around us, in stones, flowers, stars, the dawn wind and the sunset cloud; all we need is the ability to…

— Doreen Valiente

In order to see magic you must believe in it.

— Serenity Karma

Whatever you can imagine is waiting for you, fully created in the invisible, and the way to make it visible is to harness the…

— Rhonda Byrne

Magic is the power within oneself. You have enough strength, exertion and energy to view things as they are, personally, properly, and directly. You…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

— Ben Okri

What you call magic is nothing more than an act of the imagination fired by the senses, then given shape by the power of…

— Michael Scott

I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There's no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it's like love;…

— Drummond Money-Coutts

Love and imagination are magicians who create an image of the Beloved in your mind with which you share your secret

— Sushan

I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract. The expression of human feelings and the passions of man certainly…

— Gustave Moreau

Magic has often been thought of us the art of making dreams come true; the art of realizing visions. Yet before we can bring…

— Starhawk