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Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.

When I did my first few television specials, my illusions were so advanced that it took a couple of years before the other illusionists could even figure out what I was doing, let alone try to imitate me.

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me.

I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.

I am an illusionist. That's why I create art.

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.