To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
MARIA CALLASLove is so much better when you are not married.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Don’t come to me with your troubles. I have to work for my money and you are young enough to work too. If you can’t make enough money to live on you can jump out of the window or drown yourself.
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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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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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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.
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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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