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 CALLASI don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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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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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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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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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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Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.
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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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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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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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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 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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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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