Yuri Temirkanov(1938-2023)

Russian conductor and violinist.

I don't know if it's God's will, or nature's, that women give birth and men do not. That's something that no one takes offense at. But if you say that a women can't conduct, then everyone's offended. As Marx said, in response to the question 'What's your favorite virtue in a woman?'-'Weakness.' And this is correct. The important thing is, a woman should be beautiful, likable, attractive. Musicians will look at her and be distracted from the music!" He would add in that same interview, "The essence of the conductor's profession is strength. The essence of a woman is weakness