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. - Maria Meneghini Callas

What a lovely voice, but who cares?

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

What <nowiki>[</nowiki>Tullio Serafin<nowiki>]</nowiki> 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.