Your best Magic related quote?

[Sinful07]

Could be from any source, as long as its related to magic. Add an Tl;dr or note at the end if your quote is a bit confusing.

Try not to exceed three lines? its a quote, not a short story.

Here's mine:

" The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived "

-Oscar Wilde

 

[IsaacHaber]

This isn't a magic quote but I think about ti a lot when I'm constructing a routine (or just in life in general).

"Life does not cease to be serious when people laugh any more than it ceases to be funny when people die.”
—George Bernard Shaw

 

[Nate Thompson]

This was from Rick Lax.

"I find that the best magicians are the ones who solicit criticism the most; the worst magicians are the ones who collapse or get defensive at the slightest critique."

 

[FormlessMars22]

The two quotes attached to this post.

 

[AdamF]

The quote in my signature by Paul Harris.

 

[RedbeardThePink]

I can't seem to find the actual quote and I can't remember it verbatim, but it's from Penn Jillette while talking about Teller's "Miser's Dream" routine with the glass bowl and the fish. He essentially says that Teller's "Miser's Dream" is as good as it is because he spent a good 30+ years doing bad "Miser's Dream" routines. I like to keep that one in mind because it says a lot about the value of persistence, and also how long it actually takes to get truly masterful at some of the skills we ply.