When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
MARIA CALLASMy 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.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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 will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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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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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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On stage, I am in the dark.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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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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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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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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