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.
From Maria Callas
I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.
Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm 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.
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