All Robert Crumb Quotes
- Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp. Articulate
- I'm an outsider. I will always be an outsider. Funny
- I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I… Boy
- I didn't invent anything; it's all there in the culture; it's not a big mystery. I just combine my personal experience with classic cartoon stereotypes. All
- Everything that is strong in me has gone into my art work. Art
- There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists. Heroic
- Throwaway pens are no good - I never liked them. I've tried them all. All
- The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please… Firsts
- Violence begets violence, and then you get leaders who are violent men. And you don't want that. Begets
- 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 with… Around People
- The Bible was not written for entertainment purposes, so it's a real hodgepodge and a compendium of all kinds of stuff. All
- Yeah, I was a child of American popular culture. American
- The fine-art world knows very little about the cartoon world. Art
- I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything. Aspect
- The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that. Alienated
- The comics are where all the crazy subconscious stuff comes out. All
- You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try. Everybody
- The only burning passion I'm sure I have is the passion for sex. Burning
- 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 fifty… Actual
- When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have… Absolute
- At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else. Anybody
- I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist. Becoming
- Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where… Commitment
- I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework. Drawing
- When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate. Real