Maria Callas Quotes

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

Music, Heart, Point

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

Work, Money, Art

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.
Maria Callas

Teacher, Good, Great

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

Women, Men, Greatest

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.
Maria Callas

Life, Long, Down

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

Artist, Less, Born

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

Her, Dignity, Carry

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

Life, Rock, Thinking

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

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

Stop, Shall, Slipping

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.
Maria Callas

Woman, Serious, Artist

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.
Maria Callas

Age, Children, Law

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

Talk, Rules, Stay

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

Else, Happens, Seems

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

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.
Maria Callas

Age, Happy, Fool

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

Lost, Voice, Figure

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

Good, Great, Best

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

Down, Cannot, Voice

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

Marriage, Prepare, Rehearsals

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

Hurt, Someone, Times

On stage, I am in the dark.
Maria Callas

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Born: December 2, 1923

Died: September 16, 1977

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