Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

Quote by Maria Callas

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If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top,...

If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top,...

Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.

Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.

Love is so much better when you're not married.

Love is so much better when you're not married.

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children...

There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children...

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

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

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all,...

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all,...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has...

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one...

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one...

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

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

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I...

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I...

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

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

You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear,...

You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear,...

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had...

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

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

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the god dam...

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the god dam...

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart...

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart...

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and...

I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and...

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best...

That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best...

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.

First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis.