Quotes from Bob Ross

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.

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

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

Now then, let's come right down in here and put some nice big strong arms on these trees. Tree needs an arm too. It'll hold up the weight of the forest. Little bird has to have a place to set there. There he goes...

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

lets get a little crazy here

What can be painted can be punished.

Anything we don't like, we'll turn it into a happy little tree or something; we don't make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.

The very fact that you're aware of suffering is enough reason to be overjoyed that you're alive and can experience it.

It's the imperfections that make something beautiful. That's what makes it different and unique from everything else.

Put light against light - you have nothing. Put dark against dark - you have nothing. It's the contrast of light and dark that each gives the other one meaning.

We put some dark in, only so our light will show. You have to have dark in order to show light.

If what you're doing doesn't make you happy, you're doing the wrong thing.

In life you need colors.

All it takes is just a little change of perspective and you begin to see a whole new world.

Just let go - and fall like a little waterfall

There is immense joy in just watching all the little creatures in nature.

We each see the world in our own way. That's what makes it such a special place.

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

I think each of us, sometime in our life, has wanted to paint a picture.

Every single thing in the world has its own personality, and it is up to you to make friends with the little rascals.

There's beauty in every tree and every bush. Just take the time to look at'em.

We don't really know where this goes, and I'm not sure we really care.

In nature, dead trees are just as normal as live trees.