Bob Ross Quotes
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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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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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If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness.
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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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A lot of times we can get trees out without scarring other trees.
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Remember, you can do anything in your world that you want to.
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You can do anything your heart can imagine.
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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.
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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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Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.
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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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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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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.
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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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Traditionally, art has been for the select few.
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Whatever makes you happy, you put in your world.
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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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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.