67 Quotes by 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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