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 CALLASParis dictates fashion to the whole world.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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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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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 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 want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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Women 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.
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On stage, I am in the dark.
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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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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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