I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
MARIA CALLASYou 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.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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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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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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It’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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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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