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 Ive left the opera house. – Maria Callas
That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupils means great teachers foresee a pupils ends. – Maria Callas
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. – Maria Callas
Its a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you dont have to work, you are left with the horror of facing your own lack of imagination and your own emptiness. A devastating possibility when finally time is your own. – Julian Schnabel