You lose your sense of wonder the more you learn, right? When you go to film school and learn about moviemaking, you go to see movies and then only see where the lights are, where the cuts are, watching it from a technical basis, nodding your head, "Oh, that was good." The feeling of surprise, the feeling of being transported is further away.
David CopperfieldI discovered that magic tricks got me more attention from the girls in my class when I was nine - so a magician was born!
David CopperfieldMagic is the only profession where it's easy to lie about your talent. If you do a trick and you can learn it very quickly, you can fool somebody into thinking you're a great magician.
David CopperfieldMagic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.
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