Top 70 Bob Ross Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”

— Bob Ross

2. “Whatever makes you happy, you put in your world.”

— Bob Ross

3. “Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do.”

— Bob Ross

4. “It’s so important to do something every day that will make you happy.”

— Bob Ross

Featured in: Important Quotes

5. “Ever make mistakes in life? Let’s make them birds. Yeah, they’re birds now.”

— Bob Ross

6. “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

7. “We have no limits to our world. We’re only limited by our imagination.”

— Bob Ross

8. “You can do ANYTHING you want to do-This is your World.”

— Bob Ross

9. “It’s the imperfections that make something beautiful, that’s what makes it different and unique from everything else.”

— Bob Ross

10. “You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy.”

— Bob Ross

Featured in: Monday Quotes

11. “There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.”

— Bob Ross

12. “No pressure. Just relax and watch it happen.”

— Bob Ross

13. “Let’s build us a happy, little cloud that floats around the sky.”

— Bob Ross

Featured in: Sky Quotes

14. “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

15. “It’s hard to see things when you’re too close. Take a step back and look.”

— Bob Ross

16. “Happy painting and God Bless, my friend.”

— Bob Ross

17. “Everyone is going to see things differently – and that’s the way it should be.”

— Bob Ross

18. “Just let go – and fall like a little waterfall.”

— Bob Ross

19. “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

20. “People might look at you a bit funny, but it’s okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different.”

— Bob Ross

21. “I believe, I believe every day is a good day when you paint.”

— Bob Ross

22. “Trees don’t grow even, they don’t grow straight just however it makes them happy.”

— Bob Ross

23. “The secret to doing anything is believing you can do it.”

— Bob Ross

24. “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

25. “Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.”

— Bob Ross

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

— Bob Ross

27. “There’s nothing in the world that breeds success like success.”

— Bob Ross

28. “Possessing talent is nothing more than the continuous pursuit of a life-long interest.”

— Bob Ross

29. “Think about a cloud. Just float around and be there.”

— Bob Ross

30. “We don’t laugh because we feel good; we feel good because we laugh.”

— Bob Ross

31. “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.”

— Bob Ross

32. “Talk to the tree, make friends with it.”

— Bob Ross

33. “The least little bit can do so much.”

— Bob Ross

34. “I stay hidden. I’m sort of hard to find.”

— Bob Ross

35. “All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.”

— Bob Ross

36. “Trees cover up a multitude of sins.”

— Bob Ross

37. “We artists are a different breed of people. We’re a happy bunch.”

— Bob Ross

38. “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.”

— Bob Ross

39. “If you do too much it’s going to lose its effectiveness.”

— Bob Ross

40. “I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the ‘Mona Lisa’ with a two-inch brush.”

— Bob Ross

41. “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.”

— Bob Ross

42. “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.”

— Bob Ross

43. “Everybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what’s wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone?”

— Bob Ross

44. “If I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is.”

— Bob Ross

45. “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.”

— Bob Ross

46. “Use absolutely no pressure. Just like an angel’s wing.”

— Bob Ross

47. “There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.”

— Bob Ross

48. “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.”

— Bob Ross

49. “Let’s get crazy.”

— Bob Ross

50. “I never turn down requests for interviews. I’m just rarely asked.”

— Bob Ross