Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians
Karl Germain, the celebrated conjuror, known to the masses as Germain the Wizard, famously said, “Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and then he does.”
Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
Houdini was himself a master of publicity and self-aggrandizement, yet he also championed the little guy and had a fondness for old retired showmen.
Teller Jim Steinmeyer • Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
too. What I do is much closer to illusion. I relate to people like David Blaine: We both do something visually confounding that demands physical endurance. The only difference is that I’m doing something essential. Magicians only want to get laid.”
Chuck Klosterman • The Visible Man
The real art is how the rubber band is handled with the finesse of a jewel cutter, how a mirror is used or concealed precisely, how a masterfulperformer can hint at impossibilities that are consummated with only a piece of thread.