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Teller Quotes

American - Entertainer | February 14, 1948 -

Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.

Perception Done Human Years Testing

Neuroscientists are novices at deception.

Sometimes, magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.

Time Someone Magic Sometimes More

When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.

Lie You Own Something Magician Your

Every time you perform a magic trick, you're engaging in experimental psychology. If the audience asks, 'How the hell did he do that?' then the experiment was successful.

Time Hell Magic You Psychology He

In real life, the most important decision you ever make is, where does reality leave off and make-believe begin? If you make a mistake about that, you're dead. You know, you're out on the street corner. You think there's no bus coming. You step out, you're dead.

Life Decision Mistake Step Think

If there isn't at least the threat of violence in art, it tends to be kind of tiresome.

Art Be Kind Violence Kind Threat

Nothing fools you better than the lie you tell yourself.

Lie Yourself Better You Fools Tell

If you do something that you're proud of, that someone else understands, that is a thing of beauty that wasn't there before - you can't beat that.

Beauty Proud Someone You Beat Thing

Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn't mean it is simple.

Eyes Simple Reality Mean Open Seems

Doing beautiful things is its own reward.

Beautiful Doing Reward Own Things

I'm more apt to cry at something beautiful than at something sad.

Sad Beautiful Cry More Something

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