Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed...
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.
—Kurt Vonnegut in The Sirens of Titan