Bob ross quotes

All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.

The secret to doing anything is believing you can do it.

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.

If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.

Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest.

Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do.

We dont make mistakes. We have happy accidents.

You can do ANYTHING you want to do-This is your World

Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.

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.

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.

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.

Trees don't grow even, they don't grow straight just however it makes them happy.

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.

We want our happy little clouds to float across the sky

Trees cover up a multitude of sins.

We have no limits to our world. We're only limited by our imagination.

Everybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what's wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone?

Think about a cloud. Just float around and be there.

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.

You can do anything your heart can imagine.

Everyone is going to see things differently - and that's the way it should be.

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.

Remember, you can do anything in your world that you want to.

I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.

There's nothing in the world that breeds success like success.

I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.

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.

Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers.

The least little bit can do so much.

People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.

Whatever makes you happy, you put in your world.

Everyday's a good day when you paint

There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.

We artists are a different breed of people. We're a happy bunch.

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.

It's so important to do something every day that will make you happy

You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.

I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.

wash the brush, just beats the devil out of it

Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.

No pressure. Just relax and watch it happen.

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.

There are no mistakes, just happy accidents.

Traditionally, art has been for the select few.

We don't laugh because we feel good; we feel good because we laugh.

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.

Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.

It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.

Let's build us a happy, little cloud that floats around the sky.

We don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents.

Just let go - and fall like a little waterfall

Happy painting and God Bless, my friend.

Use absolutely no pressure. Just like an angel's wing.

I stay hidden. I'm sort of hard to find.

Talk to the tree, make friends with it.

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.'

It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.

There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.

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.

If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness.

Tender as a mothers love... And with my mother, that was certainly true.