There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.
BOB ROSS
BOB ROSS
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Don’t forget to tell these special people in your life just how special they are to you.
Bob RossBob Ross If you study my paintings, there are no signs of human life.
Bob RossBob Ross Every day is a good day when you paint.
Bob RossBob Ross There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.
Bob RossBob 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
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Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.
Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen An artist could have a really big relationship, and then they break up, and any song after that, people are automatically going to assume that that song is about that person.
Julia MichaelsJulia Michaels The artist is not a man who describes, but a man who feels.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings And this is what was fascinating to me about ‘The Help’; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
Viola DavisViola Davis The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I mean back in the ’60s and ’70s and ’80s, that’s what it was.
AkonAkon Just because I’m an artist doesn’t mean I should be treated differently.
Melanie MartinezMelanie Martinez I’m gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I’m feeling that day.
Melanie MartinezMelanie Martinez Do not hate or fear the artist in yourselves… Honor and love him do not try to possess him. Trust him as nobly as you trust tomorrow. Only the artist in yourself is more truthful than the night.
E. E. CummingsE. E. Cummings