Bob Ross Quotations

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

I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.

Traditionally, art has been for the select few.

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.

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

Remember, you can do anything in your world that you want to.

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

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.

Everyday's a good day when you paint

Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers.