Quotes by
Bob Ross |
1942-1995 , American painter & TV personality
Robert Norman Ross was an American painter, art teacher, and television personality. He is best known for his instructional television program, “The Joy of Painting”, which remains very popular. | 40 quotes | 4,630 visits |
Quotations
| • | All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind. |
| • | It’s so important to do something every day that will make you happy. |
| • | I think there’s an artist hidden at the bottom of every single one of us. |
| • | If I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is. |
| • | It’s hard to see things when you are too close. Take a step back and look. |
| • | We artists are a different breed of people. We’re a happy bunch. |
| • | I think each of us, sometime in our life, has wanted to paint a picture. |
| • | If you do too much, it’s going to lose its effectiveness. |
| • | Look around. Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere, you only have to look to see it. |
| • | You need the dark in order to show the light. |
| • | 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. |
| • | How do you make a round circle with a square knife? That’s your challenge for the day. |
| • | Water’s like me. It’s laaazy … Boy, it always looks for the easiest way to do things. |
| • | You have to allow the paint to break to make it beautiful. |
| • | You can do anything here — the only prerequisite is that it makes you happy. |
| • | We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents. |
| • | Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do. |
| • | 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 you want. This is your world. |
| • | They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers — just to upset the critics. |
| • | Anytime you learn, you gain. |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Let’s build a happy little cloud. Let’s build some happy little trees. |
| • | We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news. |
| • | We don’t laugh because we feel good, we feel good because we laugh. |
| • | No pressure. Just relax and watch it happen. |
| • | We don’t really know where this goes — and I’m not sure we really care. |
| • | There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend. |
| • | That’s a crooked tree. We’ll send him to Washington. |
| • | Trees cover up a multitude of sins. |
| • | The only thing worse than yellow snow is green snow. |
| • | Use absolutely no pressure. Just like an angel’s wing. |
| • | This is happy place; little squirrels live here and play. |
| • | Maybe in our world there lives a happy little tree over there. |
| • | Any way you want it to be, that’s just right. |
| • | If you don’t like it, change it. It’s your world. |
| • | Painting is a nice way to put a happy buck in your pocket, and to make good things happen in your heart. |
| • | Exercise your heart, do what makes you happy! |
