Appear Quote by Yayoi Kusama

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.

— Elizabeth Bowen

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

— David Copperfield

I am an illusionist - that's why I create art.

— Marilyn Minter

Sometimes my art is just an illusion - or is it?

— Criss Angel

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

— Paul Cezanne

What is real for me are the illusions I create with my paintings. Everything else is quicksand.

— Eugene Delacroix

There's so many different types of illusions; our lives are an illusion in a sense.

— Jihae

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

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 causes of illusions are not pretty to discover. They're either vicious or tragic.

— Ayn Rand

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

— Mary Doria Russell

My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.

— Yayoi Kusama