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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.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Home
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There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.
- Bob Ross
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I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.
- Bob Ross
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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.'
- Bob Ross
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I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.
- Bob Ross
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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.
- Bob Ross
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If you learned how to make a cloud, your time is not wasted.
- Bob Ross
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I stay hidden. I'm sort of hard to find.
- Bob Ross
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We get letters every day from people wanting more mountains. As many as I paint, they still say, 'Give me more mountains.'
- Bob Ross
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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 any more.
- Bob Ross
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I don't intimidate anyone. Instead, I try to get people to believe in themselves.
- Bob Ross
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If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.
- Bob Ross
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Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.
- Bob Ross
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If you study my paintings, there are no signs of human life.
- Bob Ross
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I don't intimidate anyone.
- Bob Ross
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Traditionally, art has been for the select few.
- Bob Ross
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I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.
- Bob Ross
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There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.
- Bob Ross
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Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers.
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Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. I achieved that a long time ago with TV. I don't need any more.
- Bob Ross
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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.
- Bob Ross
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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.
- Bob Ross
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We don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Inspirational
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It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Beautiful
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Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Mistake
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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.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Dark
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Whatever makes you happy, you put in your world.
- Bob Ross
Collection: World
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Let's build us a happy, little cloud that floats around the sky.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Clouds
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We have no limits to our world. We're only limited by our imagination.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Our World
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It's so important to do something every day that will make you happy
- Bob Ross
Collection: Important
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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.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Fun
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It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Looks
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There are no mistakes, just happy accidents.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Mistake
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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.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Morning
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People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Artist
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Trees don't grow even, they don't grow straight just however it makes them happy.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Tree
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There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Clouds
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Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you're willing to practice, you can do.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Practice
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Don'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 Ross
Collection: Errors
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Everyday's a good day when you paint
- Bob Ross
Collection: Good Day
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The secret to doing anything is believing you can do it.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Believe
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Everyone is going to see things differently - and that's the way it should be.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Way
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We don't laugh because we feel good; we feel good because we laugh.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Laughing
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You can do ANYTHING you want to do-This is your World
- Bob Ross
Collection: World
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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.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Strong
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You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Inspirational
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Just let go - and fall like a little waterfall
- Bob Ross
Collection: Letting Go
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The least little bit can do so much.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Littles
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Happy painting and God Bless, my friend.
- Bob Ross
Collection: Painting
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We want our happy little clouds to float across the sky
- Bob Ross
Collection: Clouds

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