Basically what the title says, magic is my one true passion and always has been as such I've decided to write my college essay about this and I'm basically done I just want to include one or two really strong quotes to drive the point of my essay home. Any and all magic quotes will do whether they be comical or motivational if love to see your posts.

"Never give a magic performance after any profound Mentalism demonstration. This misdirection will be all wrong. However, a couple of conjuring effects can properly precede a Mental one. All Priests know this. Unfortunately, so do politicians." Arnold Furst, 1959

but he also offered, "Performance magic is 60% showmanship, 20% mystery and 20% courage."
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"you ask why an innocent child can find magic --
and cause magical things to happen?
look closer …
that is an answer, you see –
not a question" the Scrolls of Eskiyali, circa 1360

also ...

" in search of spiritual transformation
alchemists would transmute magic
into practical science

this is beautiful in design and purpose
but sad as a form of art"

LOGIC

Child: "Mummy, what's that man doing up there?
Mother: "He's putting on a blindfold, my dear"
Child: "What's a blindfold, Mummy?"
Mother: "Something you wear so that you cannot see"
Child: "Why's he wearing one, Mummy?"
Mother: "So that he can tell us what he's looking at..."

13 Steps

You've probably heard this before; but, there's a reason you've heard it.

"A magician is an actor playing the part of a magician" -Robert Houdin

another thing you can mention is that the hand is NOT quicker than the eye... It's just more clever.

Good luck, I'd love to see what you end up writing.

"The art of a magician is to create wonder. If we live with a sense of wonder our lives become filled with joy." Doug Henning