To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
MARIA CALLASTo sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
MARIA CALLASMy 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.
MARIA CALLASOnly when I was singing did I feel loved.
MARIA CALLASIt’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
MARIA CALLASOn stage, I am in the dark.
MARIA CALLASThere 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.
MARIA CALLASART is domination. It’s making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.
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.
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.
MARIA CALLASWomen are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.
MARIA CALLASI 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.
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.
MARIA CALLASDon’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
MARIA CALLASI will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
MARIA CALLASParis dictates fashion to the whole world.
MARIA CALLASWhen I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
MARIA CALLAS