The less inhibited you are the better.

- Sergei Bongart

Never become an artist if you can't learn to draw.

- Sergei Bongart

Watercolor is like life. Better get it right the first time--you don't get a second chance!

- Sergei Bongart

The most horrible question students ask: 'How do you paint copper?' 'How do you paint flesh or glass?' You paint everything the same way: Right color…

- Sergei Bongart

First trust your eyes... then check by rules. Many times something else is happening, and the rules will not apply.

- Sergei Bongart

There is no one just like you, and there never will be anyone just like you, so there's no reason not to be original.

- Sergei Bongart

Art is more than a product of your efforts - it should be about feeling, life, attitude, soul.

- Sergei Bongart

Always keep your best work.

- Sergei Bongart

Contrast warm to cool. Make color sing, ring like a bell. Work from big to small.

- Sergei Bongart