Paul Rand

In the West, we look at art through life. Well, that's one way of living. In the Orient they look at life through art. They even drink their tea without sugar, for the same reason that they don't like a lot of frilly decorations on a painting. I can't stand butter on my bread for the same reason. I'm allergic to goo and rococo.

American Designer

Ben Schott

I spend a lot of time looking at rococo books. And almanacs used to be huge sellers - they were pretty much part of the fabric of life. I thought, this is bizarre, I'd love to buy a book like this, and there isn't one. So I thought, all right then, this could be fun. I'll write an almanac.

British Writer

Timothy Noah

We live in an era of mind-blowing scientific discovery, virtually none of which ever makes the front page, even as every trivial twist and turn in the rococo political drama has a secure place as the lead story.

American Journalist

Martin Landau

They were like little palaces: all rococo or art deco. You'd walk in off those hot streets into a nice, air-cooled theater, and you'd spend all day watching Cagney or Jimmy Stewart. It cost all of 17 cents.

American Actor

If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books.

Donald E. Westlake

Westlake is allusive, indirect, referential, a bit rococo, Stark strips his sentences down to the necessary information.

American Writer

Understand that 'rococo' relates to a specific historical period; it's not modern.

Historical Context

'Rococo' often implies a visual richness, with lots of decoration and embellishments.

Visual Richness

When using 'rococo,' be aware it may evoke the lavishness associated with the French aristocracy.

Cultural Nuance

As an adjective, 'rococo' suggests something is excessively ornate, almost to excess.