Quotes from Bob Ross

I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.

If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.

Traditionally, art has been for the select few. We have been brainwashed to believe that Michelangelo had to pat you on the head at birth.

We get letters every day from people wanting more mountains. As many as I paint, they still say, 'Give me more mountains.'

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.

Lets build a happy little cloud.Lets build some happy little trees.

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.

Happy painting and God Bless, my friend.

We don't laugh because we feel good; we feel good because we laugh.

I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.

Everyday's a good day when you paint

They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers—just to upset the critics.

We have no limits to our world. We're only limited by our imagination.

We don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents.

If you learned how to make a cloud, your time is not wasted.

People see you on television, and they think you make the same amount of money that Clint Eastwood does. But this is PBS. All these shows are done for free.

Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.

Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest.

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.

There's nothing in the world that breeds success like success.

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.

There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.

Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.

Tender as a mothers love... And with my mother, that was certainly true.