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.
MARIA CALLASI would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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 belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I haven’t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life and, hopefully – through me, a little – the public’s. If anyone left an opera house feeling more happy and at peace, I achieved my purpose.
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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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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 don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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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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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 cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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