Alan Bean quotes

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

#Moon Quotes #Difficult Quotes

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

#Want Quotes #Painting Quotes #Time Away Quotes

“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 Quotes #Needs Quotes #Answers Quotes

“I can remember walking on the moon.”
-- Alan Bean

Source : "Astronaut-turned-artist Alan Bean still reaching for the moon". www.cnn.com. July 16, 1999.

#Moon Quotes #Remember Quotes #Walking Quotes

“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 Quotes #Texas Quotes #Lucky Quotes

“I think everything depends on money.”
-- Alan Bean

#Thinking Quotes

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

Source : Interview with Jim Plaxco, www.astrodigital.org. October 3, 1992.

#Steps Quotes #Backing Up Quotes #Steady Quotes

“But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.”
-- Alan Bean

Source : "An Interview with Space Artist Astronaut Alan Bean". Interview with Jim Plakco, www.artsnova.com. October 3, 1992.

#Artist Quotes #Found Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“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 Quotes #Moon Quotes #Mars Quotes

“It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.”
-- Alan Bean

Source : "Astronaut-turned-artist Alan Bean still reaching for the moon". www.cnn.com. July 16, 1999.

#Rockets Quotes

“Eventually there are going to be cities in space.”
-- Alan Bean

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

#Cities Quotes #Space Quotes

“I have the nicest life in the world.”
-- Alan Bean

#World Quotes

“I found I have to stay painting.”
-- Alan Bean

#Painting Quotes #Found Quotes

“One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.”
-- Alan Bean

#Great Things Quotes #Universe Quotes

“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 Quotes #Paint Quotes

“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 Quotes #Earth Quotes #Said Quotes

“The moon is very rugged.”
-- Alan Bean

Source : "Astronaut-turned-artist Alan Bean still reaching for the moon". www.cnn.com. July 16, 1999.

#Moon Quotes

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

#Moon Quotes #Land Quotes #Way Quotes