Bob Ross, also known as Robert Norman Ross ... It's because I can create the kind of world that I want, and I can make this world as happy as I want it. Shoot, if you want bad stuff, watch the news," ...

He only allowed me to post a photo of the painting on the condition that I mentioned the late great Bob Ross. "You know me, I gotta put in a big tree." In Mr. Ross’s world—which I always ...