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

Your vigor for life appalls me.

- Robert Crumb

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

- Robert Crumb

The comics are where all the crazy subconscious stuff comes out.

- 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.

- Robert Crumb

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

- Robert Crumb

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

- 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…

- Robert Crumb