Quotes by Marco Tempest - Page 1

Everything I did, I did for mankind.
Marco Tempest /
Inspiration
Mankind
Motivation
Copy Quote
Magic [makes] possible today what science will make a reality tomorrow.
Marco Tempest /
Inspiration
Motivation
Reality
Copy Quote
One of the key qualities of all stories is that they are made to be shared.
Marco Tempest /
Quality
Keys
Stories
Qualities
Shared
Copy Quote
I did magic all my life from the time I was 12, and I like to tap into the magic from history.
Marco Tempest /
Magic
Life Time History
All My Life
Tap
Copy Quote
We willingly enter fictional worlds where we cheer our heroes and cry for friends we never had.
Marco Tempest /
Cheer
Cry
Inspiration
Motivation
Heroes
Enter
Fictional
Willingly
Worlds
Copy Quote
Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but Im more interested in telling a story.
Marco Tempest /
Important
Magic
Stories
Copy Quote
Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing, but I'm more interested in telling a story.
Marco Tempest /
Trick
Important Thing
Magicians
Most Important Thing
Copy Quote
The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception. Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.
Marco Tempest /
War
Deception
Romance
Copy Quote
The tools of social networking: These are the digital campfires around which the audience gathers to hear our story.
Marco Tempest /
Technology
Inspiration
Motivation
Copy Quote
Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.
Marco Tempest /
Art
Deception
Lying
Magic
Real
Creates
Emotions
Lie
Copy Quote
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction - there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome.
Marco Tempest /
Death
Creation
Fiction
Loss
Magic
Narrative
Obstacles
Resurrection
Tales
Tricks
Overcome
Archetypes
Follow
Must
Copy Quote
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction — there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome.
Marco Tempest /
Inspiration
Loss
Motivation
Copy Quote
I don't try to show off technology in my work. The technology is a means to tell stories, so I think conversations about my work can be had by very large audiences.
Marco Tempest /
Audiences
Conversations
Show Off
Copy Quote
My products and magic are free, but on the commercial side of what I do, the big tech companies are impressed with somebody like me who can emotionalize a piece of technology.
Marco Tempest /
Impressed
Magic
Products
Commercial
Tech
Tech Companies
Copy Quote
Combining magic with technology is a good way to influence the trajectory of where technology is going and show people what technology could be in our lives and what it shouldn't be.
Marco Tempest /
Combining
Good Way
Magic
Our Lives
Trajectory
Good Technology People
Show People
Copy Quote
I combine magic and science to create illusions. I work with new media and interactive technologies, things like artificial intelligence or computer vision, and integrate them in my magic.
Marco Tempest /
Artificial
Artificial Intelligence
Interactive
Magic
New Media
Combine
Illusions
Integrate
Technologies
Copy Quote
Magic is, in its core, introverted and closed; it's the most closed community ever, and I want to change all that and make it more open. If we want things to change, we have to be more open-minded.
Marco Tempest /
Introverted
Magic
Closed
Copy Quote
Magicians are typically introverted; they don't tend to work with others, but I work with software programmers, composers, designers, so it's a very diverse group and the result is always more interesting than something I could have done by myself.
Marco Tempest /
Diverse
Done
Groups
Interesting
Introverted
Programmers
Software
Work Myself Always
Composers
Designers
Magicians
Copy Quote
About three years ago, I started an exercise in openness and inclusiveness to create new digital tools for magic - tools that could eventually be shared with other artists to start them off further on in the process and to get them into the poetry faster.
Marco Tempest /
Technology
Artist
Exercise
Copy Quote

Related Authors

H. L. Mencken
Journalist
Sunday, Sep 12, 1880
Sunday, Jan 29, 1956
John Lewis
U.s. Representative
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1940
Oprah Winfrey
Media Proprietor
Friday, Jan 29, 1954
Deepak Chopra
Author
Wednesday, Oct 22, 1947
Rodney Dangerfield
Comedian
Tuesday, Nov 22, 1921
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2004
Heraclitus
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Aristotle
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
John Muir
Author
Saturday, Apr 21, 1838
Thursday, Dec 24, 1914
Bob Marley
Singer
Tuesday, Feb 06, 1945
Monday, May 11, 1981
Sun Tzu
Strategist
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Nelson Mandela
Former President Of South Africa
Thursday, Jul 18, 1918
Thursday, Dec 05, 2013
John F. Kennedy
35Th U.s. President
Tuesday, May 29, 1917
Friday, Nov 22, 1963
Dr. Seuss
Writer
Wednesday, Mar 02, 1904
Tuesday, Sep 24, 1991
Ernest Hemingway
Author
Friday, Jul 21, 1899
Sunday, Jul 02, 1961
Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
Wednesday, Mar 30, 1853
Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890

View All Quotes

Top Authors

Barack Obama
44Th U.s. President
Friday, Aug 04, 1961
Paulo Coelho
Lyricist
Sunday, Aug 24, 1947
Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur
Thursday, Feb 24, 1955
Wednesday, Oct 05, 2011
Ernest Hemingway
Author
Friday, Jul 21, 1899
Sunday, Jul 02, 1961
Kanye West
Songwriter
Wednesday, Jun 08, 1977
Thursday, Jun 04, 2015
Thomas Jefferson
3Rd US President
Saturday, Apr 13, 1743
Tuesday, Jul 04, 1826
George Carlin
Comedian
Wednesday, May 12, 1937
Sunday, Jun 22, 2008
Voltaire
Writer
Sunday, Nov 21, 1694
Saturday, May 30, 1778
Stephen Hawking
Physicist
Thursday, Jan 08, 1942
Ronald Reagan
40Th US President
Monday, Feb 06, 1911
Saturday, Jun 05, 2004
Tyler, The Creator
Rapper
Wednesday, Mar 06, 1991
Lucy Larcom
Poet
Friday, Mar 05, 1824
Monday, Apr 17, 1893
Pope Francis
Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
Stephen Covey
Author
Monday, Oct 24, 1932
Monday, Jul 16, 2012
Aldous Huxley
Writer
Thursday, Jul 26, 1894
Friday, Nov 22, 1963

View All Authors

Marco Tempest Quotes - Page 1

App & Tools

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

App & Tools

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page