To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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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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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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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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 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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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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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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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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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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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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