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Maria Callas Quotes & Sayings

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Love is so much better when you are not married. — Maria Callas

When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage. — Maria Callas

First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I've lost Onassis. — Maria Callas

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. — Maria Callas

I love to sing, and I warm up to Maria Callas. — Cybill Shepherd

When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing. — Maria Callas

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity. — Maria Callas

To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming. — Maria Callas

Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends. — Maria Callas

I admire Tebaldi's tone; it's beautiful - also some beautiful phrasing. Sometimes, I actually wish I had her voice. — Maria Callas

- Who would carry the bell canto
- Of course Montserrat Caballe — Maria Callas

On stage, I am in the dark. — Maria Callas

The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage. — Maria Callas

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping. — Maria Callas

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down. — Maria Callas

The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'. — Marianne Faithfull

It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't. — Maria Callas

Only when I was singing did I feel loved. — Maria Callas

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art. — Maria Callas

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis. — Maria Callas

[During fee negotiations for singing in Vienna:] I'm not interested in money, but it must be more than anyone else gets. — Maria Callas

I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking. — Maria Callas

I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best, — Maria Callas

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.
— Maria Callas

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. — Maria Callas

Paris dictates fashion to the whole world. — Maria Callas

I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel! — Maria Callas

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must. — Maria Callas

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. — Maria Callas

Love is so much better when you're not married. — Maria Callas

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage. — Maria Callas

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules. — Maria Callas

Only my dogs will not betray me. — Maria Callas

If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top, it couldn't be helped. What should I do if someone gets hurt ... retire? — Maria Callas

I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over. — Maria Callas

ART is domination. It's making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours. — Maria Callas