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Maria Callas
December 2, 1923 - September 16, 1977
Nationality: American
Category: Musician
Subcategory: American Musician

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.

   

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

   

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

   

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?

   

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.

   

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.

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

On stage, I am in the dark.

   

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

   

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.

   

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

   

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

   

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

   

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.

   

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.

   

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

   

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

   

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

   

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