Magic represents a model of art in which practitioners possess profound technique they keep secret, have a primary impulse to entertain rather than impress or intimidate, and use their skills for delight rather than demonstration of superiority.
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Adam GopnikEvidence Quote
“the idea that you would have a profound technique that you kept to yourself...your primary impulse was to entertain rather than to impress or intimidate”
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