People still make me nervous, but gradually over the years I've developed kind of like a public personality, so I can talk.… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
I use photos a lot for drawing people and personalities, but they're almost never photos that I've taken. — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved...… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
I lose patience with long stories. I get people who go, "Crumb, do some long stories, do a graphic novel." Novel-schmovel. — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
They can buy talent. You can't buy it for yourself, but you can buy other people's talent to serve your purposes. And… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I just lived my life on paper. I didn't really live in the real world very much. As… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
You don’t have journalists over there anymore, what they have is public relations people. That’s what they have over in America now.… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
Some of the wealthy collectors have paid lots of money for artwork that I already did, but I didn't do it with… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
They were just snapshots, nothing special, nothing particularly artistic. They were used for utility purposes. (On photographs of mundane streetscapes he had… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
Some things I won't do for any amount of money. That's so demoralizing and goes against every principle that I hold. It's… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
I would call myself a Gnostic. Which means, I'm interested in pursuing and understanding the spiritual nature of things. A Gnostic is somebody seeking… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
I draw the line at some things. Some things I won't do for any amount of money. Like for instance, there's a couple of… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
I do covers for CDs and LPs of music that I like, reissues of old-time music, and then I'm inspired to make some kind… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
I use the old Strathmore vellum surface paper, which is the best paper you can get in the Western world for ink line drawing.… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
In my midteens I went through a brief stage of religious fanaticism, but it was very much about just saying prayers and stuff like… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything. — Robert Crumb Copy Share
I use photos a lot for drawing people and personalities, but they're almost never photos that I've taken. — Robert Crumb Copy Share
You don’t have journalists over there anymore, what they have is public relations people. That’s what they have over in America now. Two-hundred and… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
If you're trying to work the art game, if you're like Andy Warhol or something, then you're in with cake-eaters of society. You want… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
They were just snapshots, nothing special, nothing particularly artistic. They were used for utility purposes. (On photographs of mundane streetscapes he had Stanley Something-or-other… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I couldn't cope… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
I couldn't find any good pictures in magazines of ordinary modern street corners in America, so I persuaded this guy I knew in Sacramento… — Robert Crumb Copy Share
