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Magic Quotes

For the moments that feel bigger than explanation.

This page brings together quotes on magic across holidays, fiction, and performance - including a reflection on Christmas losing some of its old wonder over the years, and a love for escapist fantasy worlds. Related theme: Art.

I've been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before the singer starts singing, you know the track is swinging... you know you have a multimillion-seller hit -...

Quotes by Ahmet Ertegun

I'm fanatical about movies: African, European, Viking, Roman. I got into witchcraft and magic from watching 'Bewitched' and 'The Wizard of Oz,' which shows in some of my outfits. I dress to reflect the whole spectrum of the universe.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow...

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

I would honestly be elated if I could wave a magic wand and eradicate my back catalog and then have a fresh crack at some of those ideas.

Quotes by Adrian Tomine

Always Quotes

For me, it's just more satisfying when you follow the rules rather than just make a bunch of sounds. The magic of just making noise in the studio goes away after a while.

Quotes by Adam Schlesinger

Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction - spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff. These objects were sometimes just 12 inches across yet needed enough detail to fill a movie...

Quotes by Adam Savage

When I finally got up to Industrial Light And Magic to work on the 'Star Wars' movies as a model-maker, it felt like dying and going to heaven.

Quotes by Adam Savage

Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while judges like Ms. Sotomayor are activists. But there is no magic right way to interpret terms like 'free...

Quotes by Adam Cohen

I saw 'Magic Mike,' and I thought it was great.

Quotes by Abby Lee Miller

Art Quotes

The newly released movie 'Noah' features a retelling of the creation story that clearly depicts Darwinian evolution transforming a single-cell organism into a monkey. The movie also seems to show magic in scenes more reminiscent of the occult than of...

Quotes by Aaron Klein

It is a labor of love, but there is a lot of labor, especially when you're trying to build a big, epic world with lots of details and a kind of physics of magic that makes some sense and actually...

Quotes by Aaron Ehasz

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

Quotes by Aaron Allston

I used to record songs, like, play the beat from one phone and have another phone recording me and just rap. Moving from that to a studio was like, 'Damn, I never knew I could sound like this.' It was...

Quotes by A Boogie wit da Hoodie

I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.

Quotes by Zoe Kazan

Like Quotes

I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.

Quotes by Zane Grey

There's a whole beautiful world out there, and it was like riding a magic carpet, getting to know exotic, faraway places.

Quotes by Yvette Mimieux

Like all sciences, chemistry is marked by magic moments. For someone fortunate enough to live such a moment, it is an instant of intense emotion: an immense field of investigation suddenly opens up before you.

Quotes by Yves Chauvin

In 'Drakengard', you have magic and non-magic missiles that couldn't shoot each other down.

Quotes by Yoko Taro

There is very little magic in the world of the chronically ill.

Quotes by Yolanda Hadid

Love Quotes

When I was five years old, my parents gave me a magic chest. I learned to cast spells, although of a childish kind, before I had learned to read and write.

Quotes by Wolfgang Hildesheimer

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up across these quotes about magic?
These quotes touch on several different types of magic - questioning the fading magic of a long-celebrated holiday, comparing the magic of movies to theater, the escapism of fantasy stories, and the specific magic of a live on-stage performance.
Is there a quote comparing the magic of movies to the magic of theater?
Yes - "I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way."
Does a quote question whether the holidays still feel as magical as they used to?
Yes: "Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration."
Is there a quote about the magic of performing on stage?
Yes: "I definitely enjoy the kind of magic that happens being on stage with a group when everything's working."
Where can I find more quotes like these?
If you enjoy these, take a look at our Love and Like quotes pages.

Film and stage both get their due here too, comparing the pull of movies with the different kind of magic a live theater audience can create. See also Love and Like.