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Alan Moore Quotes about Magic

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Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images to achieve changes in consciousness

Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images to achieve changes in consciousness

Alan Moore
Art, Magic, Consciousness

Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would you get around gravity? Impossible. Do I believe that I might be able to project my consciousness into a very, very vivid simulation of flying? Yeah. Yes, I've done that. Yes, that works.

Alan Moore
Believe, Flying, Magic
"Alan Moore: why I turned my back on Hollywood". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2012.

For me, there is very little difference between magic and art. To me, the ultimate act of magic is to create something from nothing: It's like when the stage magician pulls the rabbit from the hat.

Alan Moore
Art, Differences, Magic

I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just for me, but for most of the cultures that have had a concept of magic, then the manipulation of language, and words, and thus of stories and fictions, has been very close to the center of it all.

Alan Moore
Thinking, Magic, Culture
Alan Moore, Bill Baker (2007). “Alan Moore on His Work and Career”, p.7, The Rosen Publishing Group

Magic and art tend to share a lot of the same language. They both talk about evocation, invocation, and conjuring.

Alan Moore
Art, Magic, Language
"'Hey, You Can Just Make Stuff Up.' Differences Between Magic And Art: None" by Peter Bebergal, "The Believer", 2013.

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.

Alan Moore
Black, Magic, Mind

I don’t distinguish between magic and art. When I got into magic, I realised I had been doing it all along, ever since I wrote my first pathetic story or poem when I was twelve or whatever. This has all been my magic, my way of dealing with it.

Alan Moore
Art, Magic, Twelve
Interview with Matthew De Abaitua, www.harrybravado.com. October 1, 2011.

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