Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
MARIA CALLASParis dictates fashion to the whole world.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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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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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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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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 cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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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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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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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 belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I haven’t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life and, hopefully – through me, a little – the public’s. If anyone left an opera house feeling more happy and at peace, I achieved my purpose.
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