I like to say magic is the world’s second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery and religion. – Criss Angel
I want witchcraft so bad that I can’t stand it. I have wands in my apartment. And I use them sometimes. I walk into the kitchen with my wand, and I come out with something on a platter and I say, ‘See, magic happens.’ Works every time. – Amy Sedaris
The first ‘Star Wars’ film was enormously important. I grew up right smack-bang in the sweet spot of all of those. It’s true cinema magic. It’s fair to say that, as a kid, I would have been very happy to be Han Solo, and I would have been happy to have gone out with Princess Leia. – Ben Mendelsohn
Not many people know this, but when Yes first started doing club dates back in 1968, ’69, we did a few tracks from ‘The Magic Garden’ album in our set. We just loved the harmonies that the 5th Dimension had as well. – Chris Squire
The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled by them because they didn’t refer to anything else. They stood alone, and they were just charged magic objects that did not get their strength from being connected to anything else. – Brian Eno
Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes! – Alan Parsons
I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight. – Anthony Horowitz
My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it’s harnessing the powers of your mind. – Boyd Rice
I always write ‘Magic Potion’ on my perfume bottles so when I use them, it feels magical – I make spells in the morning when I put them on. – Alexa Chung
I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic. – Charles Bukowski
There is no one magic move or secret that creates victory, but lots of little items that when added together can make you victorious. – Bill Toomey
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
I had wanted a tape recorder since I was tiny. I thought it was a magic thing. I never got one until just before I went to art school. – Brian Eno
You know, ‘Project Runway’ was a really special show, and we had a great five seasons with it. We loved that show, and we loved the stories that it brought to Bravo and the creativity. And it was a magic five seasons. – Andy Cohen
Eradications are special. Zero is a magic number. You either do what it takes to get to zero and you’re glad you did it; or you get close, give up and it goes back to where it was before, in which case you wasted all that credibility, activity, money that could have been applied to other things. – Bill Gates
There’s absolutely nothing irrational about me; insane, yes, irrational, no. But my dumbest fear would be spinning in the magic tea cups. Who the hell wants to pay to spin around like a bent yoyo for laughs? – Akshay Kumar
I love artists. I find them fascinating. To me, there really is a genuine magic in what they do. – Elizabeth Hand
Don’t listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, they’d sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance. – Michael Cudlitz
I’ve never categorically been a banker. I had two internships while I was at university. The decision was more banking, or magic, and I went with the latter. – Drummond Money-Coutts
The premise of ‘Secret Coders’ is reminiscent of ‘Harry Potter.’ An intrepid band of tweens stumbles upon a secret school, only instead of teaching magic, the school teaches coding. – Gene Luen Yang
I think that magic, at its root, is a very abstract notion. There’s no real, approved definition. And, in that sense, it’s like love; you can only see magic by the effect it has on people. – Drummond Money-Coutts
Your average teenager can’t relate to a girl who casts magic spells. But she does understand someone who is torn about her upbringing and the situation in her life. – Dove Cameron
It’s almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my early teens when ‘The Magic Barrel’ was published and I first read it. – Deborah Eisenberg
Surfing is like golf: You’re always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It’s magic. – Dennis Quaid
Until very recently, the artist was a magician who did his magic in public view but kept himself and his effects a matter of mystery. – Gore Vidal
