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The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

The pain is bad magicians ripping off good ones, doing magic badly, and making a mockery of the art.

Ricky Jay
Art, Pain, Magic
"Secrets of the Magus" by Mark Singer, www.newyorker.com. April 5, 1993.

Magic is a powerful art that can support a weak performer.

Ricky Jay
Art, Powerful, Support

Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

Ricky Jay
Art, Hands, Magic
"Seven Lies About Lying". Interview with Errol Morris, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2009.

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