First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
MARIA CALLASThat 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.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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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What is there in life if you do not work? There is only sensation, and there are only a few sensations— you cannot live on them. You can only live on work, by work, through work. How can you live with self-respect if you do not do things as well as lies in you?
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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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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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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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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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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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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