@semb1314,
"Light on light is nothing. To have light, you must have dark." That means that, if you want a light color to appear light, it has to have a dark background.
"Fire in!" That was Bill Alexander's way of saying "Go for it!" He would take house-painter type brush and basically attack the canvas.
( German accent ) "I vill, I vill take my Almighty Brrrush and I vill fire in these beautiful clouds." That was his way of putting energy in the clouds.