44 Quotes by Alan Bean

I find it curious that I never heard any astronaut say that he wanted to go to the Moon so he would be able to look back and see the Earth. We all wanted to see what the Moon looked like close up. Yet, for most of us, the most memorable sight was not of the Moon but of our beautiful blue and white home, moving majestically around the sun, all alone and infinite black space.

We cannot relive Apollo, but we can preserve its legacy; we can continue to tell the story.

I have the nicest life in the world.

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

We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult.

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

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.

Eventually there are going to be cities in space.

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