Maria Callas Quotes (25 Quotes)

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.

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.

I will not be sued I have the voice of an angel.

I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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

On stage, I am in the dark.

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

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

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

My poor sight gives me an advantage. I can't see the people in the audience who are scratching their heads while I am lost in my role and giving everything I have to the drama.

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

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

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

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.

he said, ''but in her face and eyes you can see what the character she is portraying is wearing, where she is, the setting, the other people who are present, and what her relationship to them is -- not to mention her emotional state.

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.

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

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.