Bob Ross Quotes
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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.
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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.
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All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.
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Traditionally, art has been for the select few.
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If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness.
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If you learned how to make a cloud, your time is not wasted.
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People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.
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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.
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If you study my paintings, there are no signs of human life.
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Remember, you can do anything in your world that you want to.
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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.
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The day Christina comes out of her grave, that's the day he should get parole.
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Trees cover up a multitude of sins.
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Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.
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A lot of times we can get trees out without scarring other trees.
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Talk to the tree, make friends with it.
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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.
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Whatever makes you happy, you put in your world.
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I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.
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Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.
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Think about a cloud. Just float around and be there.
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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.
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There is no doubt in my mind that he would have (killed) again.
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I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.