When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
MARIA CALLASTo sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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 cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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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 my dogs will not betray me.
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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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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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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 will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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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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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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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