Hi folks,

Here are some important and interesting quotes by the popular and famous magicians:


* Adapted from the Magic Cafe*
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- "A conjurer is not a juggler, he is an actor playing the part of a magician"

- "Remember, you're not your props, create the magic"

- "There is a fine line between wishing to produce child-like astonishment and treating people like infants"

- "Be natural"

- "The most important thing is presentation"

- "It is better for a man to honour his profession than to be honoured by it"

- "Grunt, foam at the mouth, and otherwise get psychic"

- "Never tell the audience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves"

- "There is nothing worse than good magic at the wrong time"

- "Never tell the audience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves"

- "There is nothing worse than good magic at the wrong time"

- "Never apologize, it’s all part of the trick"


Hope you enjoy! :)

Cheers,
Andrew

Some nice quotes there Andrew! Im sure it would be great advices/hints for some of us. :P

Hi folks,

Here's are further famous magician's quotes:

Adapted from the Magic Cafe
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- Don’t run when your not being chased

- Good timing is invisible. Bad timing sticks out a mile

- Methods may vary, but principles never change

- The worst reason to do magic is the desire to display your benefit to your fellow humans

- For those who believe no explanation is necessary, for those who do not, none will suffice

- Look for all the world like you're counting the brain cells in his cranium

- At the finish of the effect look at the audience: if they have gone white in the face, froth at the mouth with excitement, shake at the knees or get down on the floor and salaam you-it is quite a fair trick

- How are you coming into the effect? How are you getting out?

- Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty

- The personality must be bigger than the pro

- Let art conceal art

- Most magicians consider the palm an easy move to make. They are inclined to believe that they are ‘getting away with it,’ when they are in fact fortunate enough to have a polite audience

- Caught in the difficulty of mystifying, magicians often forget that the first role of the artist is to communicate a beautiful idea.


Cheers,
Andrew