“I made the flames lick the surface of the painting in such a way that is recorded the spontaneous traces of the fire. But what is it that provokes in me this pursuit of the impression of fire? Why must I search for its traces?” WayMadeFirePaintingSurfacePursuitImpressionBurningFlamesProvokingSpontaneous Author:Yves Klein
“I have always found it a testament to the importance of painting that the first thing many people do when their home is on fire is to grab their paintings and then run out.” PeopleFirstsHomeRunningFoundFirePaintingImportanceTestament Author:Robert Genn
“From building a fire one can learn something about artistic composition. If you use only small kindling and large logs, the fire will quickly eat up the small pieces but will not become strong enough to attack the large ones. You must supply a scale of sizes from the smallest to the largest. The human eye also will not make its way into a painting or building unless a continuum of shapes leads from the small to the large, from the large to the small.” IfsWayHumansEnoughUseEyeStrongFirePiecesBuildingPaintingShapesSizeScalesArtisticSmallestCompositionStrong EnoughContinuumHuman EyesSmall PiecesKindling Author:Rudolf Arnheim
“I like to go to art museums and name the untitled paintings... Boy With Pail... Kitten On Fire.” ArtHumorFunnyNamesBoysFirePaintingMuseumsKitten Author:Steven Wright
“I respect journalism. I was always very aware of journalism from a very broad point of view, but I'd say my baptism by fire was doing the Donald Margulies play Time Stands Still. That for me was a real education because I spent a lot of time with some incredible journalists, war reporters particularly - Bob Woodruff, Dexter Filkins - people who were very helpful in painting the picture for me and reading the accounts of people and what they experienced, a lot of PTSD.” PeopleStillsWarRealPlayReadingViewsFirePaintingAccountsIncrediblesPoint Of ViewJournalismJournalistHelpfulBroadsBobReportersPtsdBaptismReal EducationPlay Time Author:James D'arcy
“The thing that started me painting originally was seeing Bambi when I was about nine. I was incredibly disturbed by the forest fire that killed Bambi's mother, and that distress gave me the impulse to create something, as a way of dealing with it.” WayMotherFireSeeingPaintingNineForestsImpulseDistressDisturbedDealing With ItForest Fires Author:Joni Mitchell
“Getting plastic surgery in your late 70's, it's kind of like painting your house as the fire approaches. Just die, there's no shame in it.” KindDiesHouseFirePaintingLateApproachShamePlasticSurgeryPlastic Surgery Author:Dana Gould