Luigi Bazzani (1836 - 1927)
The Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, 1900
the gallery of great battles; versailles, paris
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” — Paul Cézanne
Birds born in cages
Believe freedom is a crime
“All our knowledge has its origins in our perspectives.”
-Leonardo da Vinci
It is so cruel that we think we’re wasting time when we’re doing something that we love and that does not have any materialistic returns
“I feel as if I'm always on the verge of waking up.” ― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
— ANNE SEXTON, from Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward.
“There was a grand piano, too, and Charles was playing, a glass of whiskey on the seat beside him. He was a little drunk; the Chopin was slurred and fluid, the notes melting sleepily into one another. A breeze stirred the heavy, moth-eaten velvet curtains, ruffling his hair.”
they are the dusk that first kisses my cheek, their words a haunting ode to a lost goddess; ancient letters adorn the poems they’ve writtten and i consume each syllable feverishly, searching for my likeness within the epigram of their secret love
ig: rosenaufsuden
Physically I'm studying but mentally I'm living in an old, abandoned castle filled with dusty books
Ig: pixel.planetarium