Love is so much better when you are not married.
MARIA CALLASYou 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.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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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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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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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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