Maria Callas picture

„The public always wants more. I could have done something on the scale of 100, but the public, when exalted, makes it 1000, because they forget your mistakes and only remember the great moments. But when someone is conscious, as I always was, they don’t forget the mistakes. It can destroy you, but it can also refine you. Therefore, you always need to give more, remembering what you gave before and maintaining the hope yet to give more. That has happened often, thank God, and it was miraculous. You need to continue giving, getting better, it’s a continued battle, in a positive way”.
~Maria Callas

Photo: Verdi „La Traviata”, La Scala 1955.