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.
MARIA CALLASSome 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.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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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.
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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 my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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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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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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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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