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?
MARIA CALLASWhen I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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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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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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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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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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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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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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