Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, “Is this thing still flying?
ALAN BEANIt seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.
More Alan Bean Quotes
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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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It seems farther away now because there are no rockets getting there. Nobody is going.
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We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn’t know how difficult.
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I found I have to stay painting.
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The moon is very rugged.
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Eventually there are going to be cities in space.
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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 found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.
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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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I find color schemes that I just like and that just feel right.
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One of the great things about the universe is that it’s fair.
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I can remember walking on the moon.
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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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If the answer is yes, then there’s no immediate danger, no need to overreact.
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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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