Bob Ross famous quotes are that cheer you up. These are the words of wisdom he acquired by painting, traveling, and serving in the military.
You can listen to quotes in this video or scroll for Bob Ross’s images with text quotes. We have also provided explanations for most of his quotes.
Bob Ross Quotes
1. Anything we don’t like, we’ll turn it into a happy little tree or something. We don’t make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.
Explanation: This quote comes from his painting style. In a literal sense, it means if you made some mistakes while painting, just turn them into trees or something, they are not mistakes, just happy accidents. This can be applied to our lives too, don’t waste time thinking about things you don’t like, change them, add something or just think of them as just happy little accidents rather than mistakes.
2. Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do.
Explanation: People are not born with talent, they acquire it by pursuing something they are interested in and practicing for that. You can do things people do, you just need to be interested in it and be willing to practice it as much as them. For example, if you are interested in painting, practice as much as Bob Ross and you will be as great as he was.
3. Believe that you can do it cause you can do it.
Explanation: Most people don’t believe in themselves before even trying. If you believe and stick to your principles, you will make it happen, so believe in yourself.
Mark Twain once said something similar you might want to check that out.
4. If I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is.
Explanation: There is another quote that explains this one in a very simplistic way, ” it’s an art, not science”, hence a painting shouldn’t be explained and it might also have a personal meaning that you might not fully comprehend. But we can take it the other way too, that a painting should explain itself not the painter.
5. Remember how free clouds are. They just lay around in the sky all day long.
Explanation: Don’t pack your day with too many things, you should relax like clouds.
6. It’s hard to see things when you are too close. Take a step back and look.
Explanation: If you are too close, you might not see the long picture, that’s what happens if we too much into something and think like we usually do, that’s when you should take a step back and look from a different view.
7. Don’t forget to tell these special people in your life just how special they are to you.
Explanation: We know who are these special people in our lives but not the people who are special know that they are special to you, that’s why you should let them know. This can strengthen your bond with them and make them happy that you care so much about them.
8. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do.
Explanation: This is the same as 2nd quote in this list, it’s just said in a different way. So, you should check that our for explanation.
9. However you think it should be, that’s exactly how it should be.
Explanation: Things are not always wrong, some people have just different views on them and for that, you should change your views. So, if you are thinking it’s the right way, it probably is. This perfectly applies to art, since art has no boundaries and everybody has different imaginations, hence, your art is different and it’s how you like it.
10. Look around. Look at what we have. Beauty is everywhere… you only have to look to see it.
Explanation: We are too busy with smaller things that we forget that nature itself is an art and a beauty, you should have to give it a look.
Bob Ross was an oil painter who used to teach and instruct on television. He was born on the 29th of October in 1942 in Florida, United States, and passed away due to lymphatic cancer on the 4th of July in 1995. Mr. Ross was loved for his heart-warming personality, hence his show was telecasted in many different languages in many parts of the world, but he became more popular after his death in the internet era.
In his youth, Bob Ross worked as a health information technician in U.S. Air Force, later on moving to Alaskan base, Eielson Air Force Base, where he saw beautiful snow mountains which can be seen in many of his paintings. His service in the military was from 1961 to 1981, and his painting career started in 1981 and ended in 1994 when he was starting to feel really sick.