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 people in real life; I was very shy and very nervous around people.
Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts. - Robert Crumb
Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.
- Robert Crumb
As a kid growing up in the 1950s I became acutely aware of the changes taking place in American culture and I must say I didn't much like it. I witne… - Robert Crumb
As a kid growing up in the 1950s I became acutely aware of the changes taking place in American culture and I must say I didn't much like it. I witne…
Your vigor for life appalls me. - Robert Crumb
Your vigor for life appalls me.
Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp. - Robert Crumb
Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.
The comics are where all the crazy subconscious stuff comes out. - Robert Crumb
The comics are where all the crazy subconscious stuff comes out.
You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try. - Robert Crumb
You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.
When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate. - Robert Crumb
When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.
I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist. - Robert Crumb
I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.
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 didn't like the rough and tumble most boys w… - Robert Crumb
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 didn't like the rough and tumble most boys w…
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