First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
MARIA CALLASI cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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 cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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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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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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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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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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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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