#illusion

In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want. ↗

— David Copperfield

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I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

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Illusion is the first of all pleasures. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. ↗

— Philip Guston

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My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business. ↗

— Harry Houdini

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Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. ↗

— George Orwell

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The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Magic's an art where you use slight of hand or illusion to create wonder. And I was just intrigued with that idea. ↗

— David Blaine

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If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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