Achieved My Purpose Quotes by Maria Callas

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• An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination,…
• When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed…
• That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee…
• Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
• You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of…
• I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
• 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…
• It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't.
• When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.
• There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should…
• I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

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