Harry Anderson Quotes

Well, I also love magic, which is, you know, different than showmanship. Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder.

But the whole idea of the transformation... mystery, transformation, and manipulations - those were the things that Marcel was a magician at. That's his magic.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Of course, in all magic tricks there's a secret.

Magic, historically, has been a man doing tricks with no wider story behind it.

I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion.

It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to perform such a diverse range of things.

MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.

Magic: (n) The art of converting superstition into coin.

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

In circuses, there is a lot of magic. Things become other things.

I don't think you can say something is or isn't magic. That's what was cool about Houdini, because he was a magician who had a magic show, but he was also an escape artist, and they kind of, over time, blended together. They both kind of enhance each other, I think.

For me, there is very little difference between magic and art. To me, the ultimate act of magic is to create something from nothing: It's like when the stage magician pulls the rabbit from the hat.

Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.

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

I'm doing everything I can to take the magician out of the equation of magic.

Magic is really performing special effects live.

If you do sleight of hand without trying to cheat someone, that's what magic is.

I've always loved magic.

What I do is rooted in magic - it's got a big foot planted firmly in conjuring, even if the other foot's planted in psychological techniques.

There is not a physicist in the world who can perceive when a parlor magician palms off playing-cards.

Besides prostitution, magic is one of the oldest art forms that exist.

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

When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.

I don't like magic.