25 Insightful Quotes By Bob Ross That Will Help You Down To A Fine Art
Bob Ross was an illustrious American art instructor, painter, and television host. He was the host and creator of ‘The Joy of Painting,’ an American half-hour instructional television show that aired from 1983 to 1994. It aired in various countries, including Europe, Canada, America, and Latin America.
In the 1980s and 1990s, he became a famous television personality and an internet celebrity in the 21st century posthumously. The accentuating feature of the show was Ross’s tranquil commentary and the effortless way in which he used to paint that was also therapeutic in nature.
We bring to you a treasury of famous sayings by Bob Ross which have been amassed from his show, interviews, and videos. Take a look at some of Bob Ross quotes on world, paintings, art, believe, will, recognition, life, people, mountains, country, and more.
Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.
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.
It's so important to do something every day that will make you happy
Just let go - and fall like a little waterfall
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.
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.
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.
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.
I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.
Happy painting and God Bless, my friend.
Everyone is going to see things differently - and that's the way it should be.
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.
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.
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.
It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.
If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness.
If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.
I stay hidden. I'm sort of hard to find.
I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.
I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.
Everyday's a good day when you paint
Everybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what's wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone?
All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.
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.'
