More from Bob Ross
If I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is.
Bob RossBob Ross 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 RossBob Ross Everybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what’s wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone?
Bob RossBob Ross I can’t think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting.
Bob RossBob Ross We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.
Bob RossBob Ross Didn’t you know you had that much power? You can move mountains. You can do anything.
Bob RossBob Ross Talent is a pursued interest. Anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do.
Bob RossBob Ross Just let go – and fall like a little waterfall.
Bob RossBob Ross Ever make mistakes in life? Let’s make them birds. Yeah, they’re birds now.
Bob RossBob Ross Painting will bring a lot of good thoughts to your heart.
Bob RossBob Ross Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.
Bob RossBob Ross Gotta give him a friend. Like I always say, ‘Everyone needs a friend.
Bob RossBob Ross We want happy paintings. Happy paintings. If you want sad things, watch the news.
Bob RossBob Ross Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul.
Bob RossBob Ross Wash the brush, just beats the devil out of it.
Bob RossBob Ross All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind.
Bob RossBob Ross
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How unfortunate that we tend to miss the ones who leave but neglect the ones who stay.
Ana NaikAna Naik Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase I do not want a soft love, I want to be crushed.
AstaAsta When darkness came, and it did, I learned that I can scream at the top of my lungs without making any sound at all.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye She used kindness as her weapon to win the battles agaisnst cruelty.
ShamaShama I love the days when the earth smiles back.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am powerless in silencing the deafening thunder in my heart.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta Teaching you how to love me, is not a job i want to sign up for.
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More on happen
The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson It is reasonable that forces directed toward bodies depend on the nature and the quantity of matter of such bodies, as happens in the case of magnetic bodies.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.
John LennonJohn Lennon I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
Mark TwainMark Twain It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.
Selena GomezSelena Gomez If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington