Magic Quotes

"Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth"

"Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff"

Gary Gygax, Inventor

"Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic"

Charles Eames, Designer

"The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical"

Maya Lin, Architect

"To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute"

Vladimir Nabokov, Novelist

"Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic"

Thomas Szasz, Psychologist

"I know the difference between black magic and white magic"

Tina Turner, Musician

"Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat"

Lou Reed, Musician

"Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed"

Jean Anouilh, Playwright

"People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music"

Paul Simon, Musician

"There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out"

Lou Reed, Musician

"I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles, and our time together was filled with the events of magical unlikelihood"

John Perry Barlow, Writer

"It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it"

Anais Nin, Author

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity"

W. Clement Stone, Businessman

"Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit"

W. Clement Stone, Businessman

"Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off"

Raymond Chandler, Writer

"The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him"

Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Philosopher

"The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist"

Cecilia Bartoli, Musician

"I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery"

Luis Barragan, Architect

"Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people"

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Royalty

"There is no short and easy road, no magic cure for those ills which have afflicted mankind from the dawn of history"

Frank B. Kellogg, Politician

"Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly"

Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Philosopher

"It was as if all of the happiness, all of the magic of this blissful hour had flowed together into these stirring, bittersweet tones and flowed away, becoming temporal and transitory once more"

Herman Hesse, Author

"There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing"

Laurel Clark, Astronaut

"There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment"

Norman Vincent Peale, Clergyman

"Imagination is the true magic carpet"

Norman Vincent Peale, Clergyman

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful"

Norman Vincent Peale, Clergyman

"Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure, and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates, and does all these incredible things"

Slash, Musician

"We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic"

Lance Burton, Entertainer

"We all start in this medium because of the magic and the challenge is to keep it going"

John Sexton, Educator

"For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom"

John Sexton, Educator

"I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print"

John Mortimer, Novelist

"There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale"

Ralph Ellison, Author

"When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic"

Lance Burton, Entertainer

"Harry Collins was the first magician I ever saw back in 1965 when I was five years old. He was doing a magic show and I was the volunteer from the audience"

Lance Burton, Entertainer

"When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss"

Robin Gibb, Musician

"An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it"

William Bernbach, Businessman

"Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Athlete

"There's only one word for that - magic darts!"

Sid Waddell, Entertainer

"One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of a power plant where he actually was the general manager of this power cooperative. It was quite magical to me"

John Sexton, Educator

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