Some things I won't do for any amount of money. That's so demoralizing and goes against every principle that I hold. It's like, okay, some rich people can buy me because I'm a talented guy. They can buy talent. You can't buy it for yourself, but you can buy other people's talent to serve your purposes. And once an artist does that, he becomes like a plaything of the rich. You know, some of these wealthy collectors have paid lots of money for artwork that I already did, but I didn't do it with the intention of catering to them.
Your vigor for life appalls me. - Robert Crumb
Your vigor for life appalls me.
- 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
Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts.
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…
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.
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.
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.
When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate. - Robert Crumb
When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.
The comics are where all the crazy subconscious stuff comes out. - Robert Crumb
The comics are where all the crazy subconscious stuff comes out.
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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