Robert Crumb

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.

Pictures have a lot more power than text. Text is just a bunch of little symbols. You have to actually read it and imagine it, and even that can be censored. With pictures, it's a lot more immediate.

Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.

The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?