Bob Ross Quotes
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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.'
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Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.
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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.
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Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.
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If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.
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People 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.
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Whatever makes you happy, you put in your world.
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I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.
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We artists are a different breed of people. We're a happy bunch.
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Everybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what's wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone?
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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.
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We don't laugh because we feel good; we feel good because we laugh.
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Traditionally, art has been for the select few.
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We dont make mistakes. We have happy accidents.
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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.
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Little more black, little more blue. And we'll just put that in using little crisscross strokes or - or little X's, whatever you want to call them. Whatever.
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There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.
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Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.
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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.
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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.
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It's so important to do something every day that will make you happy
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There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.
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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.
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It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.
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Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers.
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Let's build us a happy, little cloud that floats around the sky.
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I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.
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You can do anything your heart can imagine.
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It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.
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Put 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.
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