The world is not a problem; the problem is your unawareness.

Bob Ross

Don't try to force anything. Let life be a deep let-go. God opens millions of flowers everyday without forcing their buds.

Bob Ross

I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.

Bob Ross

It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.

Bob Ross

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

Bob Ross

Trees don't grow even, they don't grow straight just however it makes them happy.

Bob Ross

Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.

Bob Ross

We get letters every day from people wanting more mountains. As many as I paint, they still say, Give me more mountains.

Bob Ross

I tell people, 'You can do this. And they write back and say, You were right. I can do this. And now I believe I can do anything.

Bob 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 Ross

Once your awareness becomes a flame, it burns up the whole slavery that the mind has created.

Bob Ross