Ricky Jay Quotes About Magic

Quotes about: Magic

• There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually find kind of appalling. You know, "I'm clever, I can do something, and you don't know what it is." And that instills in the audience the idea that, "Yes, I do. You're not that clever."

  Ricky Jay

  Clever, People, Challenges

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I grew up like Athena — covered with playing cards instead of armor — and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.

  Ricky Jay

  Tv Shows, Magic, Age

  "Secrets of the Magus" by Mark Singer, www.newyorker.com. April 5, 1993.

• The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

  Ricky Jay

  Art, Pain, Magic

  "Secrets of the Magus" by Mark Singer, www.newyorker.com. April 5, 1993.

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

  Ricky Jay

  Art, Powerful, Support

• I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

  Ricky Jay

  Thinking, People, Magic

• 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.

  Ricky Jay

  Lovely, Magic, Would Be

  "Seven Lies About Lying". Interview with Errol Morris, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2009.

• Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

  Ricky Jay

  Art, Hands, Magic

  "Seven Lies About Lying". Interview with Errol Morris, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2009.

• Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

  Ricky Jay

  Real, Lying, Magic

  "Seven Lies About Lying". Interview with Errol Morris, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2009.

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