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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.

Maria Callas

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.
MARIA CALLAS

Failure Heart Missing Music Point
The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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Monster Myself Public Return
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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Artist Born Stay Voice Yourself
I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Achievement Best Difficult Myself Necessary
Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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Attitude Myself Rule Stay Talk
Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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Fashion Leadership World
I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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Appearance Change Myself Possession
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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Life Side Terrible Thinking Yourself
Love is so much better when you are not married.
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Better Love Marriage Yourself
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
MARIA CALLAS

Change Music Myself Voice
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.
MARIA CALLAS

Angel Artist Judgement Myself Oneself Pretend Role Serious Woman
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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Care Friendship Reality Yourself
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Feeling Love Myself Sing
I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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Marriage Myself Preparation
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.
MARIA CALLAS

Age Day Enjoyment Fools Friendship Happiness Live Maturity Myself Young
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.
MARIA CALLAS

Beginning End Home Imagination Myself Start

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