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.
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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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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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 want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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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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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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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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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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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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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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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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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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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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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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