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.
Bob RossThe 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.
Bob RossEverybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what's wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone?
Bob RossOooh, 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.
Bob RossI 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.
Bob RossI 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.
Bob RossThere are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.
Bob RossI 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.
Bob RossIt's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.
Bob RossPut 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.
Bob RossDon'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.
Bob RossIn 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.
Bob RossPeople 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.
Bob Ross