"Florin Firimita has broken into the grey bank of contemporary art and has filled its sanctimonious chamber with marvelous color and creatures of legend."  

"Florin Firimita's work joins together the twin sources of art's permanent inspirations: beauty and the book. His classically-shaped models meet the occult (dis)order of books in dramatic scenes worthy of grand opera. The yet-unwritten dramas in these photographs are charged with lyrical and erotic suggestions, while being simultaneously serene and, oddly, pastoral. The old books in the mysterious bookstore have always been the esoteric home of the poet who dreams of the surge of sudden beauty within. Florin Firimita finds the secret place where the ageless wisdom of language is activated by the fresh nature of beauty in search of it. The Renaissance painters, the pre-Raphaelites, and the Surrealists would have all loved these images, but their appeal is timeless.

            - Andrei Codrescu, author of "The Poetry Lesson"


"Firimita's works are always a class of mastery, style and sensitivity." 

           - Maria Oliva, Creative Director, Dodho Magazine, Barcelona


"It is the seeing that makes Florin so different and so good. Technically he is as good as anyone. In seeing, he is much better than almost everyone." 

           - Ron Compton, photographer

"It is as though you are always, really almost always, on the edge of your seat ready for something to amaze you, to strike you deeply, to fill the tank that is at its most warm when brimming. You're an artist. The toes of your eyes/ ears/ sensibilities/ emotions are on the starting line almost ready for the gun to go off. And then you're off, too."

          - Dr. Gregg Grinspan

"Remember when you were a child and got your first kaleidoscope?  You turned the lens, pieces fell into place and a picture formed before your eyes.  I think of Florin's mixed media as kaleidoscopic. The force of his inner thought turns the lens, objects come into focus, a picture forms. Each object has meaning for the artist and the placement of the objects is intentional. I've known Florin for years so I consider, reconsider, return to take another closer look at each new piece. I try to enter his world but always find myself circling back through my own life. His art is a journey. I travel into the past, stand in the present and see into the future. The journeys are soul searching. I never view a piece of art by Florin and walk away unchanged. I've had a conversation. We've exchanged important ideas. His works of art make me think more carefully about the work of living."

           - Linda Batt, author