Bob Ross
Bob Ross
Robert Norman "Bob" Rosswas an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He was best known as the creator and host of The Joy of Painting, an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS in the United States, and also aired in Canada, Latin America and Europe...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth29 October 1942
CityDaytona Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
good-day everyday paint
Everyday's a good day when you paint
want paint ifs
If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.
painting god-bless bless
Happy painting and God Bless, my friend.
across auction buck donated hear paintings pbs stations
One of the questions that I hear over and over and over is, 'What do we do with all these paintings we do on television?' Most of these paintings are donated to PBS stations across the country. They auction them off, and they make a happy buck with 'em.
anybody certainly hang home paint people
We show people that anybody can paint a picture that they're proud of. It may never hang in the Smithsonian, but it will certainly be something that they'll hang in their home and be proud of. And that's what it's all about.
We were amazed, but we are every year.
doubt mind
There is no doubt in my mind that he would have (killed) again.
touching firsts students
Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.
interviews turns request
I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.
art select has-beens
Traditionally, art has been for the select few.
fun worry people
I have to paint fast on television because of the limited time, but I don't want people to see what I'm showing them as work, something to worry and fret over. This is supposed to be fun.
laughing feel-good feels
We don't laugh because we feel good; we feel good because we laugh.
remember-you remembers-you world
Remember, you can do anything in your world that you want to.
mother mother-love
Tender as a mothers love... And with my mother, that was certainly true.