I found I have to stay painting.
ALAN BEANI found I have to stay painting.
ALAN BEANIf the answer is yes, then there’s no immediate danger, no need to overreact.
ALAN BEANI 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 BEANI can remember walking on the moon.
ALAN BEANIt seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.
ALAN BEANIt’s hard not to be excited when you’re going to find a way to land on the moon.
ALAN BEANThe moon is very rugged.
ALAN BEANOne of the great things about the universe is that it’s fair.
ALAN BEANHistory has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
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.
ALAN BEANBut I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.
ALAN BEANEventually there are going to be cities in space.
ALAN BEANI think everything depends on money.
ALAN BEANFrequently 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 BEANI find color schemes that I just like and that just feel right.
ALAN BEANI feel like there’s too many paintings left unpainted that I just don’t want to take the time away.
ALAN BEAN