"The art of a magician is not found in the simple deception, but in what surrounds it, the construction of a reality which supports the illusion."

-- Jim Steinmeyer

#Art Quotes #Simple Quotes #Reality Quotes

“Yet we always envy others, comparing our shadows to their sunlit sides.”

Source : Margaret George (2011). “The Autobiography Of Henry VIII”, p.212, Pan Macmillan
“If you ask around, it's pretty easy to find someone who has a bank account overdraft horror story to tell.”

Source : "Deceptive Overdraft Fees: There Ought to Be a Law!" by Carolyn Maloney, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2013.
“That's just tragic, that you can spend four years of your life studying the design of three dimensional objects and not make one.”
“Spring-an experience in immortality.”
“A photographer cannot be inexperienced, or too mature. A photographer ought to be half-ripe.”
“Most public persons do not market themselves as cheating lowlives - certainly not politicians (okay, maybe a few rock stars.) But most people try to present a somewhat appealing persona, which is why sex is still a hot topic.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Movies, far more than the traditional arts, are tied to big money. Without a few independent critics, there's nothing between the public and the advertisers.”
“"Who is secure in all his basic needs? Who has work, spiritual care, medical care, housing, food, occasional entertainment, free clothing, free burial, free everything? The answer might be nuns and monks, but the standard reply is 'prisoners'"”

Source : Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1990). “Leftism Revisited: From de Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot”, Gateway Books

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