There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
MARIA CALLASThere must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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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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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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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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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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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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What is there in life if you do not work? There is only sensation, and there are only a few sensations— you cannot live on them. You can only live on work, by work, through work. How can you live with self-respect if you do not do things as well as lies in you?
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I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.
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That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil’s means; great teachers foresee a pupil’s ends.
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