You've probably been living under a rock a good chunk of your life if you haven't heard anything about Bob Ross as of yet. No offense if you have, though; it seems like a nice enough place for a comfy lair! So, our bet is that you already know that he's like, the best TV host ever, the most loveable person, and the most comforting presence. Come on, he even used to bring cute baby animals to his painting shows (cue the awwws). Oh, and also an artist like none other! Besides all these already incredible things, he was also a person of immense wisdom, and a wise and comforting word is something that we could always have more of. So, there you are - a whole post dedicated to Bob Ross quotes that'll absolutely make any day a bit brighter and better.
What should you expect from these inspiring quotes, you ask? Well, reading them shall make you feel like you're a tiny little seahorse meandering the great barrier reef with sun rays creating wondrous patterns on the seafloor through the surface of azure water. In short - wonderful. These beautiful quotes are also about to tell you some secrets about life itself. And while we're no spoilsports, they're mostly about L.O.V.E. And there's also something about these motivating quotes that’ll definitely make any day better and any hardship lesser. All in all, a very worthy read!
So, get ready for these touching quotes to awaken that tiny little seahorse in you - truly, an experience like nothing else. Ready? Well then, scroll down below and check out our collection of Bob Ross quotes. Although they are all brilliant, give the wonderful quote that you liked the most your vote!
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“We don’t make mistakes. We just have happy accidents.”
“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.”
“Exercise your heart, do what makes you happy!”
“They say everything looks better with odd numbers of things. But sometimes I put even numbers — just to upset the critics.”
“If you study my paintings, there are no signs of human life.”
“We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.”
“I don’t intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves.”
“Be so very light. Be a gentle whisper.”
“I like to beat the brush.”
“I tell people, ‘You can do this.’ And they write back and say, ‘You were right. I can do this. And now I believe I can do anything.'”
“Oooh, 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.”
I lived in Alaska for several years, and visited the little town of North Pole. Only later did I learn that Bob Ross lived there. I was so disappointed that I missed that opportunity!
“Maybe this cloud has a little friend. Maybe this little friend’s named Clyde. He lives right up here.”
“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 taught my son to paint mountains like these, and guess what? Now he paints the best darn mountains in the industry.”
“If we’re going to have animals around we all have to be concerned about them and take care of them.”
“Mix up a little more shadow color here, then we can put us a little shadow right in there. See how you can move things around?”
“Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.”
“We tell people sometimes. We’re like drug dealers, come into town and get everybody absolutely addicted to painting. It doesn’t take much to get you addicted.”
“There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.”
“People might look at you a bit funny, but it’s okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.”
“We get letters every day from people wanting more mountains. As many as I paint, they still say, ‘Give me more mountains.’”
“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.”
“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.”
“Little raccoons and old possums ‘n’ stuff all live up in here. They’ve got to have a little place to sit.”
“Be sure to use odorless paint thinner. If it’s not odorless, you’ll find yourself working alone very, very quick.”
“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.”
“Every day is a good day when you paint.”
“I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the ‘Mona Lisa’ with a two-inch brush.”
“You can have anything you want in the world — once you help everyone around you get what they want.”
“That’s where the crows will sit. But we’ll have to put an elevator to put them up there because they can’t fly, but they don’t know that, so they still try.”
"Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative. These things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul."
“I remember when my dad told me as a kid, ‘If you want to catch a rabbit, stand behind a tree and make a noise like a carrot. Then when the rabbit comes by you grab him.’ Works pretty good until you try to figure out what kind of noise a carrot makes.”
“We have been brainwashed to believe that Michelangelo had to pat you on the head at birth.”
“I was the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, the guy who screams at you for being late to work. The job requires you to be a mean, tough person. And I was fed up with it. I promised myself that if I ever got away from it, it wasn’t going to be that way anymore.”
"I can’t think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting."
“We show people that anybody can paint a picture that they’re proud of. It may never hang in the Smithsonian, but it will certainly be something that they’ll hang in their home and be proud of. And that’s what it’s all about.”
“As my son Steve says, just ‘smoosh’ it in there. It’s not a real word, but people seem to know what it means.”
“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.”
“Everybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what’s wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone?”
“Don’t forget to make all these little things individuals — all of them special in their own way.”
“We tell people sometimes: We’re like drug dealers, come into town and get everybody absolutely addicted to painting. It doesn’t take much to get you addicted.”
“Painting is a nice way to put a happy buck in your pocket, and to make good things happen in your heart.”
