“... the house is on fire, but go ahead - finish painting the verandah...”
“This is less teaching than damage control. You may as well paint a house that’s on fire.”
“There's no one on the island telling them they're not good enough, so they just go ahead and sing and paint and write.”
“A painting that is well composed is half finished.”
“A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places.”
“Divorce is a fire exit. When a house is burning, it doesn’t matter who set the fire. If there is no fire exit, everyone in the house will be burned!”