Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
MARIA CALLASI don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.
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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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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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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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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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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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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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On stage, I am in the dark.
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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