I was a child of American popular culture. All I did as a kid was what I could get at the local supermarket or the dime store. Nothing else was seen. Plus what was on television, or the movie theatre. That was it. Robert Crumb More Quotes by Robert Crumb More Quotes From 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 fifty thousand people in public relations. And a dwindling number of actual reporters and journalists. Robert Crumb numbers two america When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate. Robert Crumb come-up real world Hey kids, while you're out smashing the state keep a smile on your lips and a song in your hearts. Robert Crumb heart song kids I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist. Robert Crumb becoming revenge world 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 exercise love-you ideas Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp. Robert Crumb drawing i-can way 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 witnessed the debasement of architecture, and I could see a decline in the quality of things like comic books and toys, things made for kids. Old things seemed to have more life, more substance, more humanity in them. Robert Crumb growing-up kids book Your vigor for life appalls me. Robert Crumb vigor I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything. Robert Crumb aspect worst negative When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times that I actually have a kind of love for humanity. Robert Crumb old-music kind humanity At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else. Robert Crumb i-hate-myself i-hate hate I lose patience with long stories. I get people who go, "Crumb, do some long stories, do a graphic novel." Novel-schmovel. Robert Crumb stories long people The Bible was not written for entertainment purposes, so it's a real hodgepodge and a compendium of all kinds of stuff. Robert Crumb purpose real stuff The work itself is what motivates me. I like my own stuff, you know? I like the way it looks. I do it to please myself first. Robert Crumb stuff looks way I'm an outsider. I will always be an outsider. Robert Crumb outsiders 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. Robert Crumb guy artist people 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 CEOs of very large corporations that offered me lots of money to do special pictures for them. And I just refused to do that. Even if it was a million dollars I wouldn't do it. Robert Crumb lines couple special The only burning passion I'm sure I have is the passion for sex. Robert Crumb burning passion sex Throwaway pens are no good - I never liked them. I've tried them all. Robert Crumb pens The fine-art world knows very little about the cartoon world. Robert Crumb littles world art
