Chris Jones on How Teller Got His Magic Back
(When Dan heard the title of this book, he shared this wildly appropriate quote from Teller, the silent half of the famed magic duo Penn and Teller: “Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.”
Will Guidara • Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
"Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect."
– Teller
“A great trick, like a great song, should be an inspiration,” Jim Steinmeyer told Esquire in 2012. “It should lead you to other things that are also wonderful. That’s what happens in literature, and it happens in music, and it happens in art. But in magic, they don’t do that. They just take it. You would hope that what you do inspires, but instead
... See moreIan Frisch • Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians
“There’s a moment in your life when you realize the difference between illusion and reality and that you’re being lied to,” Teller of Penn & Teller once said, referring to childhood figures such as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. “[But] if you’re sufficiently preoccupied with the power of a lie, a falsehood, an illusion, you remain interested
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