Bongart Sergei Quotes & Sayings

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

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

Depression was like wearing tinted glasses and looking through them changed one's perception dramatically. A fancy new house could be construed as a bunch of boards nailed together. — A. J. Gallant

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

Conservative ideas are alive and dynamic, the result of a free and intellectually honest vision for the country. As long as conservatism is strong, the future of a strong America is assured. — Rush Limbaugh

Mama often said that no one is ever really entirely unhappy. I agreed with her here in my prison, when the sky took on so many colours and the light of a new day gradually flowed into my cell. Because — Albert Camus

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, right value, in right spot. There are no prescriptions. — Sergei Bongart

If you paint from 35mm Kodachrome, you end up with a 4x5 foot Kodachrome! — 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

The less inhibited you are the better. — Sergei Bongart

Most important ... develop your technical ability. You are handicapped if you do not develop well enough to hold the subconscious process so as not to have problems of inexperienced painters ... — Sergei Bongart

When we know our strengths, we're more likely to use them. — Jane McGonigal

Practice like good musician; draw every day. — Sergei Bongart

No one ever got into science fiction for the sex or prestige. They got into it because they love it. — China Mieville

You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os. — Oscar Robertson

Learn technique; have full command to the extent of not being conscious of how it is done. When craftsmanship has been developed, you are free to create ... technique will give way to expression! — Sergei Bongart

Always keep your best work. — Sergei Bongart

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

All students need to know about color is the basic color wheel and complimentary colors. There are many books on color theory; do not waste your time and money. — Sergei Bongart

A baboon in a forest is a matter of legitimate speculation; a baboon in a zoo is an object of public curiosity; but a baboon in your wife's bed is a cause of the gravest concern. — Winston S. Churchill

Train yourself: It is not by accident an artist becomes a good painter. — Sergei Bongart

The most scandalous aspect of any scandal is that one gets used to it. — Simone De Beauvoir

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

Once you set out to copy another painter you can never be more than number two. — Sergei Bongart