I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
MARIA CALLASIt’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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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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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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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 cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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On stage, I am in the dark.
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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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