When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
MARIA CALLASI want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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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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 need the money, dear. I work for art.
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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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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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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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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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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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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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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