Battle Quote by Lara St. John

I've been a woman for a little over 50 years and have gotten over my initial astonishment. As for conducting an orchestra, that's a…

— Nadia Boulanger

The culture of suppressing women composers and performers goes centuries back in Germany and other countries. Just think of Fanny Mendelssohn and the struggles…

— Barbara Harbach

Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians.

— Simon Rattle

Initially it was very male dominated and there were hardly any women director but now women have entered everywhere and they are making their…

— Divya Khosla Kumar

“Men had been threatened by women from the days of Pandora, the first woman, & would not spare any efforts in order to rule…

— Nicholas Chong

“Women, as usual, were expected to behave better than men, and inevitably attracted criticism for doing things that men were licensed to do with…

— Alexander McCall Smith

I think it can be very tough for women in any industry in which men dominate, and women historically have not had a lot…

— Jackie Fuchs

Gendered performance is just constant theater.

— Christine and the Queens

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and…

— Katherine Dunn

At this point of time in history, I don't think that women in any work force that's a male-dominated work force have the same…

— Kari Matchett

I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.

— Kurt Masur

The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally…

— Anonymous