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Ricky Jay Quotes about Magic

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I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

I love amazing people. I love dazzling them. That's why I think performing magic is one of the greatest things a person can do.

Ricky Jay
Thinking, People, Magic

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.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

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

For me, the most exciting thing is to create good magic that's entertaining for an audience, and it would be lovely if a magician was fooled as well.

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

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.

I grew up like Athena — covered with playing cards instead of armor — and, at the age of seven, materialized on a TV show, doing magic.

Ricky Jay
Tv Shows, Magic, Age
"Secrets of the Magus" by Mark Singer, www.newyorker.com. April 5, 1993.

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