I found I have to stay painting.
ALAN BEANAs the centuries unfold, millions of artists will live on the moon and paint the moon and Mars as we go out into the universe.
More Alan Bean Quotes
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I find color schemes that I just like and that just feel right.
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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.
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One of the great things about the universe is that it’s fair.
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I have the nicest life in the world.
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I feel like there’s too many paintings left unpainted that I just don’t want to take the time away.
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The moon is very rugged.
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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!’
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But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.
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Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, “Is this thing still flying?
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History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
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It’s hard not to be excited when you’re going to find a way to land on the moon.
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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.
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Eventually there are going to be cities in space.
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It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.
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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.
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