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
clouds sky littles
Let's build us a happy, little cloud that floats around the sky.
We were amazed, but we are every year.
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.
mother mother-love
Tender as a mothers love... And with my mother, that was certainly true.
country art college
I've never claimed that this is investment art. When we first started out, all the art colleges and universities across the country would sort of badmouth what we were doing. It's funny that a lot of them now are sending us letters saying, 'We may not totally agree with the way you paint, but we appreciate what you're doing, because you're sending literally thousands of people into art colleges.
good-day everyday paint
Everyday's a good day when you paint
peers want recognition
Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers.
hard
I stay hidden. I'm sort of hard to find.
dream pushing secure
Everybody has dreams. You are living the American dream, what's wrong with pushing to secure it for everyone?
artist people different
We artists are a different breed of people. We're a happy bunch.