First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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On stage, I am in the dark.
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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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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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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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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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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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