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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.

Maria Callas

I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
MARIA CALLAS

Art Money Myself Work
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.
MARIA CALLAS

Live Money Trouble Window Work Yourself
On stage, I am in the dark.
MARIA CALLAS

Darkness Myself
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
MARIA CALLAS

Enemy Myself Stop
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
MARIA CALLAS

Feeling Love Myself Sing
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.
MARIA CALLAS

Care Friendship Reality Yourself
First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
MARIA CALLAS

Appearance Loss Lost Myself Voice Weight
Only my dogs will not betray me.
MARIA CALLAS

Betrayal Dog Myself
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.
MARIA CALLAS

Difference End Goodness Greatness Student Teacher
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.
MARIA CALLAS

Beginning End Home Imagination Myself Start
I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.
MARIA CALLAS

Enemy Kill Myself
I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
MARIA CALLAS

Angel Children Myself Voice
I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
MARIA CALLAS

Artist Different Kind Maturity Myself Thinking
I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
MARIA CALLAS

Appearance Change Myself Possession
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

Art Domination Moments Oneself People Thinking Voice
The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
MARIA CALLAS

Monster Myself Public Return

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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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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