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Magic touches people in the way great art does. It lets them see the world with new eyes.

Magic symbolises the subconscious - that part of us that is creative and powerful that we sometimes don't tap into.

Magic is like special effects live, and I love to perform, so it sounded like doing magic tricks were a good way to entertain people.

Magic is all about directing attention. If I didn't want you to look at my right hand then I don't look at it.

I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There's no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it's like love; you can only see magic by the effect it has on people.

Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.

It seemed to me that you make magic real by making it a little prosaic, a little difficult and disappointing - never quite as glamorous as the other characters imagine.

Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure.

Magic is something that happens that appears to be impossible. What I call 'illusion magic' uses laws of science and nature that are already known. Real magic uses laws that haven't yet been discovered.

Like every art form, there are jealousies and angers and competitiveness in magic. But there's camaraderie among magicians, whether you perform it for a living or you're an enthusiast.