Teller, from a February interview with The Smithsonian Magazine:

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On his and his mentor, David G. Rosenbaum's, thoughts about magic and theatre:

A romantic novel can make you cry. A horror movie can make you shiver.  A symphony can carry you away on an emotional storm; it can go straight to the heart or the feet. But magic goes straight to the brain; its essence is intellectual.

The piece is chock-full of with these amazing nuggets.