“This illusionism is contradicted by brushwork highlighting the front picture plane or establishing ambiguous layers of space lying beyond.”

“All are frontally oriented works that expose conventions of illusionism by carrying them off of the wall into real space.”

“Arguably illusionism was a taste diverted into the diorama, and thence ultimately into the cinema.”

“She contends that many people cling to the illusion that gaining material wealth will be the solution to all of their problems.”

“The fast and sequential projection of a series of still pictures will give the illusion of motion.”

“Is everything we perceive just a grand visual illusion staged by our brain?”

“After just a few episodes of that show he was being hailed as the next magician and illusionist to enjoy mainstream stardom in America.”

“One is left doubting where the artist's loyalty lies, suspecting that this is the work of an illusionist rather than a true magician.”

“The Libran Sun conjunct Neptune signifies an illusionist, capable of living up to the dream and believing it himself.”

“The illusiveness of life is the theme of moralists when they preach resignation.”

“It is not enough, then, that you dissipate the charm by your moral and eloquent and affecting exposure of its illusiveness.”

“The materialistic philosophy to which she gave utterance was spiritualized by her own illusiveness.”

“The illusoriness of his promises became clear once we realized he had no intention of fulfilling them.”

“He always defended human culture, even as he acknowledged its transience and illusoriness.”

“What I'm saying is that those who are socially allowed a self are also allowed the luxury of postulating its illusoriness and having that called a philosophical position.”

“Roy says this event may shatter some people's illusions that African music is made up only of Afrobeat.”

“Godel made an analogy between optical illusions in the physical world and antinomies like Russell's paradox in the mathematical realm.”

“He had no patience for detail, or any illusions about his ability to explain details comprehensibly.”