A biography for Alan Beanhasn’t been written yet.
“History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.”
“I found I have to stay painting.”
“But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.”
“I can remember walking on the moon.”
“On Earth, I weighed 150 pounds; my suit and backpack weighed another 150. 300 pounds. Up there, I weighed only 50. So I could prance around on my toes. It was quite easy to do.”