The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
MARIA CALLASI want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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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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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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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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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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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 am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.
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