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Quotes by Maria Callas

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
Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
– Maria Callas
First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.
– Maria Callas
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
– Maria Callas
I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
– Maria Callas
I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.
– Maria Callas
I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
– Maria Callas
I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
– Maria Callas
I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity.
– Maria Callas
It is like comparing champagne with cognac. No-with Coca-Cola.
– Maria Callas
Love is so much better when you're not married.
– Maria Callas
On stage, I am in the dark.
– Maria Callas
Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they're only made of sand. It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't.
– Maria Callas
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.
– Maria Callas
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
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
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
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
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