Firsts Quote by Robert Crumb

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

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

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

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

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

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

Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.

— Robert Crumb

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

I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything.

— Robert Crumb

I use photos a lot for drawing people and personalities, but they're almost never photos that I've taken.

— Robert Crumb

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

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