Bob Ross Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 82 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Bob Ross.
Famous Quotes By Bob Ross
There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead. — Bob Ross
I have to paint fast on television because of the limited time, but I don't want people to see what I'm showing them as work, something to worry and fret over. This is supposed to be fun. — Bob Ross
Put light against light - you have nothing. Put dark against dark - you have nothing. It's the contrast of light and dark that each give the other one meaning. — Bob Ross
The secret to doing anything is believing that you can do it. Anything that you believe you can do strong enough, you can do. Anything. As long as you believe. — Bob Ross
Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest. — Bob Ross
Remember, you can do anything in your world that you want to. — Bob Ross
If you learned how to make a cloud, your time is not wasted. — Bob Ross
I don't know if anything in nature ever grows exactly the same, but they are always exactly as the way it should be, perfectly itself. — Bob Ross
Let's build us a happy, little cloud that floats around the sky. — Bob Ross
All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind. — Bob Ross
I can't think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting. Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul. — Bob Ross
Talk to the tree, make friends with it. — Bob Ross
It's so important to do something every day that will make you happy — Bob Ross
I've never claimed that this is investment art. When we first started out, all the art colleges and universities across the country would sort of badmouth what we were doing. It's funny that a lot of them now are sending us letters saying, 'We may not totally agree with the way you paint, but we appreciate what you're doing, because you're sending literally thousands of people into art colleges. — Bob Ross
I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint. — Bob Ross
Use absolutely no pressure. Just like an angel's wing. — Bob Ross
I was the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work. The job requires you to be a mean, tough person. And I was fed up with it. I promised myself that if I ever got away from it, it wasn't going to be that way any more. — Bob Ross
We get letters every day from people wanting more mountains. As many as I paint, they still say, 'Give me more mountains.' — Bob Ross
Everyone is going to see things differently - and that's the way it should be. — Bob Ross
Now then, let's come right down in here and put some nice big strong arms on these trees. Tree needs an arm too. It'll hold up the weight of the forest. Little bird has to have a place to set there. There he goes ... — Bob Ross
People look at me like I'm a little strange, when I go around talking to squirrels and rabbits and stuff. That's ok. That's just ok. — Bob Ross
I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked. — Bob Ross
You can do anything your heart can imagine. — Bob Ross
I stay hidden. I'm sort of hard to find. — Bob Ross
Don't be afraid to scrape the paint off and do it again. This is the way you learn, trial and error, over and over, repetition. It pays you great dividends, great, great dividends. — Bob Ross
There are no mistakes, only happy accidents. — Bob Ross
No pressure. Just relax and watch it happen. — Bob Ross
Happy painting and God Bless, my friend. — Bob Ross
Believe that you can do it cause you can do it. — Bob Ross
Whatever makes you happy, you put in your world. — Bob Ross
Oooh, if you have never been to Alaska, go there while it is still wild. My favorite uncle asked me if I wanted to go there, Uncle Sam. He said if you don't go, you're going to jail. That is how Uncle Sam asks you. — Bob Ross
We don't laugh because we feel good; we feel good because we laugh. — Bob Ross
Trees don't grow even, they don't grow straight just however it makes them happy. — Bob Ross
Just let go - and fall like a little waterfall — Bob Ross
Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. — Bob Ross
Let's get crazy. — Bob Ross
It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look. — Bob Ross
Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do. — Bob Ross
Trees cover up a multitude of sins. — Bob Ross
In painting, you have unlimited power. You have the ability to move mountains. You can bend rivers. But when i get home the only thing i have power over is the garbage. — Bob Ross
If you study my paintings, there are no signs of human life. — Bob Ross
Everyday's a good day when you paint — Bob Ross
We dont make mistakes. We have happy accidents. — Bob Ross
Everybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what's wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone? — Bob Ross
wash the brush, just beats the devil out of it — Bob Ross
lets get a little crazy here — Bob Ross
Mix up a little more shadow color here, then we can put us a little shadow right in there. See how you can move things around? You have unlimited power on this canvas
can literally, literally move mountains — Bob Ross
Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make. — Bob Ross
Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now. — Bob Ross
We artists are a different breed of people. We're a happy bunch. — Bob Ross
One of the questions that I hear over and over and over is, 'What do we do with all these paintings we do on television?' Most of these paintings are donated to PBS stations across the country. They auction them off, and they make a happy buck with 'em. — Bob Ross
This is your world
You're the creator
Find freedom on this canvas
Believe, that you can do it,
'Cuz you can do it.
You can do it. — Bob Ross
I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush. — Bob Ross
If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is. — Bob Ross
We don't make mistakes, we just have happy accidents. — Bob Ross
Think about a cloud. Just float around and be there. — Bob Ross
People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different. — Bob Ross
It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else. — Bob Ross
I started painting as a hobby when I was little. I didn't know I had any talent. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do. — Bob Ross
We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents. — Bob Ross
Gotta have opposites, light and dark and dark and light, in painting. It's like in life. Gotta have a little sadness once in awhile so you know when the good times come. I'm waiting on the good times now. — Bob Ross
There are no mistakes, just happy accidents. — Bob Ross
We show people that anybody can paint a picture that they're proud of. It may never hang in the Smithsonian, but it will certainly be something that they'll hang in their home and be proud of. And that's what it's all about. — Bob Ross
I tell people, 'You can do this.' And they write back and say, 'You were right. I can do this. And now I believe I can do anything.' — Bob Ross
You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy. — Bob Ross
Tender as a mothers love ... And with my mother, that was certainly true. — Bob Ross
Little more black, little more blue. And we'll just put that in using little crisscross strokes or
or little X's, whatever you want to call them. Whatever. — Bob Ross
I guess I'm a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That's okay though; I have more fun than most people. — Bob Ross
Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting. — Bob Ross
People see you on television, and they think you make the same amount of money that Clint Eastwood does. But this is PBS. All these shows are done for free. — Bob Ross
They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers - just to upset the critics. — Bob Ross
I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves. — Bob Ross
You can do ANYTHING you want to do-This is your World — Bob Ross