Maria Callas
Musician
1923-12-02
Books by Maria Callas
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Maria Callas
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Cartas y memorias
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Quotes by Maria Callas
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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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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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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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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.
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I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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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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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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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?
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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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It's a very terrible thing to be Maria Callas, because it's a question of trying to understand something you can never really understand.
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It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't.
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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Love is so much better when you're not married.
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