Alan Bean famous quotes

04-17-2025

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

#Moon #Difficult
I feel like there's too many paintings left unpainted that I just don't want to take the time away.
-- Alan Bean

#Want #Painting #Time Away
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.
-- Alan Bean

#Flying #Needs #Answers
I can remember walking on the moon.
-- Alan Bean

#Moon #Remember #Walking
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.
-- Alan Bean

#Blessed #Texas #Lucky
I think everything depends on money.
-- Alan Bean

#Thinking
History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
-- Alan Bean

#Steps #Backing Up #Steady
But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.
-- Alan Bean

#Artist #Found #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.
-- Alan Bean

#Artist #Moon #Mars
It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.
-- Alan Bean

#Rockets
Eventually there are going to be cities in space.
-- Alan Bean

#Cities #Space
I have the nicest life in the world.
-- Alan Bean

#World
I found I have to stay painting.
-- Alan Bean

#Painting #Found
One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.
-- Alan Bean

#Great Things #Universe
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.
-- Alan Bean

#Moon #Paint
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!'
-- Alan Bean

#Moon #Earth #Said
The moon is very rugged.
-- Alan Bean

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

#Moon #Land #Way

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