I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
MARIA CALLASAn 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.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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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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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they’re only made of sand.
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