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 take in Sacramento in 1988 to serve as backgrounds to his cartoons. People don't draw it, all this crap, people don't focus attention on it because it's ugly, it's bleak, it's depressing... But, this is the world we live in; I wanted my work to reflect that, the background reality of urban life. )
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
Your vigor for life appalls me. - Robert Crumb
Your vigor for life appalls me.
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…
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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