Baroque Art Quotes

“I'm a Baroque person. More than Baroque, I'm a Rococo person. I don't draw straight lines.”
― Nuno Roque

“In the 16th century,parks and gardens were models of the cosmos and also tools for altering one's consciousness, possibly for changing one's destiny.”
― Linda Lappin, Signatures in Stone

“Entering a garden like Bomarzo was like succumbing to a dream. Every detail was intended to produce a specific effect on the mind and body, to excite and soothe the senses like a drug. To awaken the unconscious self.”
― Linda Lappin, Signatures in Stone

“The statues carved here may be viewed as fragments of consciousness itself, or the residue of violent emotions”
― Linda Lappin, Signatures in Stone