When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
MARIA CALLASThe public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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?
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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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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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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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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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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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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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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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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