Jonathan Swift Quotes

A shadow of a reflection of an image of an illusion.

I believe in low lights and trick mirrors.

Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.

The problem with stage magic is that it looks really good, but everyone knows there's a trick box.

Never believe your eyes

Pictures can be pretty deceptive.

Appearances are deceptive.

Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.

Don't let appearances fool you. There's always only one reality!

Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake.

Fighters are never who they appear to be

Mirrors,' she said, 'are never to be trusted.

Always let them think of you as singing and dancing.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears.

You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.

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 and reality. That is the subject that, if you have a brain in your head, is always dealt with in magic. The smarter the tricks you're doing, the more that' s an important thing.

Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea.

I just think, as a model, it's taught me to be a master of deception and illusion.

It is quite possible we may have formed entirely erroneous ideas of what we actually see. The greenish gray patches may not be seas at all, nor the ruddy continents, solid land. Neither may the obscuring patches be clouds of vapor.

The real secret of magic lies in the performance.

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 and reality.

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.

It's very rare that people are exactly who they appear to be.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.