When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
MARIA CALLASWhen the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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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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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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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.
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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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My poor sight gives me an advantage. I can’t see the people in the audience who are scratching their heads while I am lost in my role and giving everything I have to the drama.
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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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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 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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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