Alan Bean Quotations

I have the nicest life in the world.

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.

We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult.

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

But I'm the only one who can paint the moon, because I'm the only one who knows whether that's right or not.

Eventually there are going to be cities in space.

History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.

I feel like there's too many paintings left unpainted that I just don't want to take the time away.

It's hard not to be excited when you're going to find a way to land on the moon.

I found I have to stay painting.

It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.

I think everything depends on money.

I feel like everyone who goes to The University of Texas is blessed and lucky to be there because they're getting a chance to be as good as they can be.

I can remember walking on the moon.

The moon is very rugged.

I find color schemes that I just like and that just feel right.

Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, "Is this thing still flying?" If the answer is yes, then there's no immediate danger, no need to overreact.

Frequently on the lunar surface I said to myself, 'This is the Moon, that is the Earth. I'm really here, I'm really here!'

As the centuries unfold, millions of artists will live on the moon and paint the moon and Mars as we go out into the universe.

They're always going to name people in social proximity to them.

It puts dangerous people back on the streets in exchange for dubious testimony.