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If the actions used in performing sleights are visible or even suspected by the onlooker, the whole illusion of magic is destroyed.
If the actions used in performing sleights are visible or even suspected by the onlooker, the whole illusion of magic is destroyed.
 Jean Hugard

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Magic is the illusion which is created when a series of natural movements apparently causes an unnatural, or magical, result.
 Jean Hugard