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.
MARIA CALLASDon’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.
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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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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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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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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