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.

Quote by Maria Callas

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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.

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

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

It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on...

It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on...

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,...

On stage, I am in the dark.On stage, I am in the dark.

On stage, I am in the dark.On stage, I am in the dark.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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 prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.

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...

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

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...

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...