“Magic is a powerful art
that can support a weak performer.” – Ricky Jay
Showing posts with label quote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quote. Show all posts
Friday, 1 March 2013
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Quote of the Week
"Sometimes just being quite for a moment ... slowing down ... stimulates increased audience attention.
Expectations are generated.
Drama is born.
Woo-Woo. (An American Indian term referring to the cosmic, mind-shattering, and earth-shaking dimensions of the Unknown.)
Audiences love Woo-Woo.
Heavy breathing, a mystic pass, a deep gaze.
They want you to be a little 'farther out' than they are.
The dramatic pause.
Silence.
One shouldn't talk too much about silence.
One should use it."
E.B.
Quote of the Week
"Material alone will never make you a star, but it is a most important ingredient in the recipes that make what we call acts. There have been a few instances where real genuine stars of the entertainment industry reached a stage where they thought that they no longer had to do anything. They just had to be there and everyone would applaud like mad as they had always done before. Sadly, their careers took a nose dive, and in some instances, perhaps, an early death."
Patrick Page
Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Quote of the Week
I watched Tom perform this - for me, and other magicians. Most were fooled by the "vanishes." I wasn't
HL
Quote of the Week
"Jugglers suck! Look at them, they throw burning clubs at each other. They toss, and toss and catch and catch and all the time you have to listen to "Adiemus" by Enya. And the throwing usually goes on forever. Well, it could be worse. It could be a magician doing card tricks."
JB
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Monday, 25 February 2013
"Quote of the Week"
"Show a trick to a child,
and you will make him happpy for one day.
Teach him a trick.....
and he will ruin the art of magic."
L.v.T.
Quote of the Week
"And what I mean by that specifically is name calling and insults. There is no need for it. He's called people morons, idiots, and a slew of epithets."
SEY
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
"Quote of the Week"
"As I show you these cards, I want you to think of a card and remember the number at which it lies. Now take the deck and deal it into two piles. Pick up one of the piles and perform a Down & Under Deal and then take the last remaining card and insert it down into the other packet at the number you remembered earlier. Take that packet and place it behind your back. Spell your name - one card at a time - and place the new top card reversed in the centre of the packet. Your mother is a whore."
T. W. talking about
Aldo Colombini's handlings and patter
Aldo Colombini's handlings and patter
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Quote of the Week
"FISM 2012 was the worst magic congress I have ever attended. Now that statement is going to get me banned from ever going back to Blackpool...oh wait I was already banned. It was poorly planned and executed. This is not a personal attack on any one individual. Many of the workers of the congress were delightful. It was the entire event that was lacking. I would never have uttered a word if it had not been for the disgusting display of the fat suited lady who ripped off the costume to display their breasts and hairy genitalia in front of my eleven year old daughter. The gala shows were less than stellar and below the level I have come to expect from FISM. I am unable to find a listing of the committee members but I will say that whomever was in charge of the talent choices was not in touch with the magic world. To use some acts on multiple nights was a poor choice and several of the acts that appeared on both the stage and close up would not have been booked by me for anything more than a children's birthday party."
S.F.
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Quote of the Week!
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Quote of the Week!
"If you have anything, ANYTHING that is the slightest bit of a disagreement with a magician, they will quickly escalate it to the level that they will try to personally insult you, tear down your career, refuse to do business with you, and perhaps murder your family with a spoon."
magicbymccauley
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Quote of the Week!
"I can't believe this board. Twice a review of a Halloween effect by a certain someone that rhymes with cranky was deleted from this board. They just don't want anyone to know it sucked. It's sad when you try to offer an honest opinion about a product to warn others about it and the powers that be on this board delete it to protect someone that pays for advertising on the board.
There were no personal attacks and a simple explanation of the contents. I would have at least expected a private message or something explaining the deletion.I've purposely left off the name of the product this time and the magicians name so hopefully this post will live a little longer.
I'm really disappointed in the magic Café."
obeytheeye
So I guess the sold out BOOYAH-kits by Jay Sankey have found the wrong customers.
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Quote of the Week
"It has been said that "practice makes perfect." This is a misnomer unless the methods practiced are basically correct and are adaptable to the end sought. Always make certain that the methods you are about to encompass are the best ones available before seriously commencing to practice, or you may find often to your sorrow that a great deal of time has been lost and many hours are necessary for the undoing."
Arthur Buckley
Friday, 18 January 2013
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Quote of the Week
Ozzy
Hey as long as you don't get the stupid idea of selling them you're welcome!
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