T.A.Waters on Mystery

I thought I will share with you my favorite quote from T.A.Waters's Mind, Myth and Magick:

""...status of a special and unique individual...
...Mystery, you see, is supposed to be rare and special; that's part of what makes it mysterious.
For you to be special as a mystery performer you must be-or appear to be-unique. You must do your best to make them think they have never
seen anything like you before, and accomplishing that is worth whatever effort it takes.
You won't always succeed, of course, nobody can.
If you keep trying, though, you'll move closer to that enchanted boundary - and you'll feel better about your work both as artist and professional performer.
And if you DON'T try, you're wasting your audience's time-and your own.

...If you are the only one around who can do this stuff - you're special.
If you teach it to your friend Bill, so that he can do it too, you are now only half as special...
...as i've said elsewhere, mentalism is SUPPOSED to be miraculous.
A miracle that a lot of people can do is no miracle at all.

...Magic and mentalism supposed to be special-which means, on the most elementary level, that your audience shouldn't be able to move their lips with your patter.
You should be a new experience for them, some-thing they have never seen before, no matter how many magicians or mentalists they have
seen."