Alan Bean Quotes

I have the nicest life in the world.

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.

I found I have to stay painting.

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

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

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

I think everything depends on money.

The moon is very rugged.

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!'

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.

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

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

I can remember walking on the moon.

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

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.