When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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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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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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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On stage, I am in the dark.
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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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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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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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