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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
The performer will invariably dance around dishonesty rather than embrace it, indulging in a series of tiny untruths, not big lies.
Teller Jim Steinmeyer • Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
A king once invited merchants from all over the region to attend a big crafts fair, assuring each that he would purchase whatever did not sell. One blacksmith of limited intelligence brought an iron image of Saturn to this fair, and since no one purchased it, the kings officers procured it and delivered it to his majesty. That night in a dream, the
... See moreI’m not interested in deceiving people.
Derek DelGaudio • AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies
love magicians because they are honest men. —ELBERT HUBBARD The strongest magic does not lie. It invites the audience to lie to themselves. —DANIEL MADISON
Ian Frisch • Magic Is Dead: My Journey into the World's Most Secretive Society of Magicians
