Put light against light - you have nothing. Put dark against dark - you have nothing. It's the contrast of light and dark that each give the other one meaning.
Bob RossRead
Everyday's a good day when you paint
Interpretation
Every day presents a new opportunity for creativity and positivity.
Bob Ross's quote reminds us that each day has the potential to be fulfilling and enjoyable, especially when we engage in creative activities like painting. It emphasizes the importance of finding joy in the process and appreciating the act of creation, which can lead to a more positive mindset.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a motivational art workshop.
Put light against light - you have nothing. Put dark against dark - you have nothing. It's the contrast of light and dark that each give the other one meaning.
Ever make mistakes in life? Let's make them birds. Yeah, they're birds now.
We don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents.
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.
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.
It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.
Nothing convinces an artist more of the arbitrariness of the means to which he resorts to attain a goal - however permanent it may be - than the creative process itself, the process of composition.
For me, the 'Three Stoppages' was a first gesture liberating me from the past.
Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flights of the spirit.
Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
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