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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.

Maria Callas

Only my dogs will not betray me.
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Betrayal Dog Myself
I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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Appearance Change Myself Possession
On stage, I am in the dark.
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Darkness Myself
I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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Angel Children Myself Voice
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Feeling Love Myself Sing
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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Angel Artist Judgement Myself Oneself Pretend Role Serious Woman
I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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Marriage Myself Preparation
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
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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Change Music Myself Voice
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
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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Advantage Drama Head Myself Poor Role
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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Enemy Myself Stop
To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Expression Sing Transformation Yourself
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.
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Beginning End Home Imagination Myself Start
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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Difference End Goodness Greatness Student Teacher
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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Failure Heart Missing Music Point

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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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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