Jim Steinmeyer quotes

“Every once in a while, magicians strike gold. David Regal has created and produced the perfect close-up illusion.”
-- Jim Steinmeyer

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“Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you feel like something's been given to you.”
-- Jim Steinmeyer

Source : Jim Steinmeyer, Teller (2009). “Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear”, p.22, Da Capo Press

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“Magicians guard an empty safe.”
-- Jim Steinmeyer

Source : Jim Steinmeyer, Teller (2009). “Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear”, p.16, Da Capo Press

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“Brilliant. The Ontology Project is a post-graduate course in card magic.”
-- Jim Steinmeyer

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“Almost any trick can be improved by thinking through it slowlyThe first step is to not blink”
-- Jim Steinmeyer

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“Ultimately every trick succeeds or fails with an audience because of its plot.”
-- Jim Steinmeyer

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“The art of a magician is not found in the simple deception, but in what surrounds it, the construction of a reality which supports the illusion.”
-- Jim Steinmeyer

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“You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.”

“We fear our highest possibility. We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.”

“No human is perfect; we all have our hidden sins. Hypocrisy is to delude yourself into denying your own sins and allow arrogance to grow within you.”

“The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect.”

“When I kicked in the first TV – a nineteen-inch Magnavox with wicker speaker panels – it felt like the most perfect thing I had done in a long time. And there's nothing like the feeling of perfection that will inspire repeated behavior.”

“To compete at the Olympic Games, I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.”

“But the world is out there, and it understands that the illusion of knowledge and freedom is not the same as the real thing. Eventually it will fade, and there are those who will do whatever it takes to make that happen sooner rather than later.”

“Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.”

“I see the world as an illusion, and we shouldn't take ourselves so seriously”

“The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.”