Author: Alan Bean

Quotes

I do not believe that anyone from outer space has ever visited the Earth.

I do not believe that anyone from outer space has ever visited the Earth.

- Alan Bean

I was more of a person that liked flying and operating high-performance machinery, and I liked that, the skill it took, the intelligence it took to do that.

I was more of a person that liked flying and operating high-performance machinery, and I liked that, the skill it took, the intelligence it took to do that.

- Alan Bean

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

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

- Alan Bean

I had the good fortune and the gift to be one of the 12 men to walk on the moon.

I had the good fortune and the gift to be one of the 12 men to walk on the moon.

- Alan Bean

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

- Alan Bean

History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.

History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.

- Alan Bean

Eventually there are going to be cities in space.

Eventually there are going to be cities in space.

- Alan Bean

I would say I had zero philosophical thoughts at that time. I was operating on a timed checklist that we've been trained to do, to try to maximize every really minute on the moon.

I would say I had zero philosophical thoughts at that time. I was operating on a timed checklist that we've been trained to do, to try to maximize every really minute on the moon.

- Alan Bean

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.

- Alan Bean

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