Caroline Shaw

I guess I'd like people to be able to forget a lot of things and just enjoy the beauty of harmony and melody for a moment.

I've spent a lot of time playing Bach partitas. One of my first jobs was to play for ballet and modern classes, so the music in 'Partita' is kind of like choreography for me.

'Partita' is a simple piece. Born of a love of surface and structure, of the human voice, of dancing and tired ligaments, of music, and of our basic desire to draw a line from one point to another.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.