I was always too mature for my age – and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was.
MARIA CALLASWhen music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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On stage, I am in the dark.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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My poor sight gives me an advantage. I can’t see the people in the audience who are scratching their heads while I am lost in my role and giving everything I have to the drama.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not. It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don’t like it shouldn’t come to hear me.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.
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ART is domination. It’s making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.
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An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera house.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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