I can remember walking on the moon.
ALAN BEANI can remember walking on the moon.
ALAN BEANI find color schemes that I just like and that just feel right.
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 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 have the nicest life in the world.
ALAN BEANBut 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 BEANTest pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, “Is this thing still flying?
ALAN BEANEventually there are going to be cities in space.
ALAN BEANBut I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.
ALAN BEANWe knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn’t know how difficult.
ALAN BEANIf the answer is yes, then there’s no immediate danger, no need to overreact.
ALAN BEANHistory has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
ALAN BEANOne of the great things about the universe is that it’s fair.
ALAN BEANI feel like there’s too many paintings left unpainted that I just don’t want to take the time away.
ALAN BEANIt seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.
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