I moved further and further away from mass entertainment. The sexual element became increasingly sinister and bizarre. Don't blame me! The bastards drove me to it! They all backed off after that! — 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
