Maria Callas Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 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.”

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

“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.”