When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, … - Maria Callas

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I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost is up to whatever the economic situation of the studio is.

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.

Failure, Missed, Music, Senses, Wisdom

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I belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I haven’t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life and, hopefully - through me, a little - the public’s. If anyone left an opera house feeling more happy and at peace, I achieved my purpose.

Feelings, Givers, Giving, Happiness, House, Peace

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

Dams, Dear, Don'T Talk To Me, Goddam, Talk To Me, Wherever

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

Art, Dear God, Money, Needs, Work

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.

Down, Ends, House, Imagination, Long, Stays

What [Tulio Serafin] said that impressed me was: "When one wants to find a gesture, when you want to find how to act on stage, all you have to do is listen to the music. The composer has already seen to that. " If you take the trouble to really listen with your soul and with your ears - and I say soul and ears because the mind must work, but not too much also - you will find every gesture there. And it is all true, you know.

Act, Already, Ears, Mind, Soul, Tulio

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