Top 42 Quotes by Robert Crumb

About Robert Crumb

These are some quotes by American author Robert Crumb Artist, who was born on August 30, 1943.

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

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

Robert Crumb

The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that.

The French hold onto their traditions. I was always so alienated in America. My work was this constant reaction to that.

Robert Crumb

I was raised Catholic and I went to church until I was 16. I went through a phase when I was 15 of being quite fanatically Catholic. I was going to church a lot, receiving communion, saying the Rosary, praying, all that stuff. But when I started scrutinizing it, it just fell apart so quickly.

Robert Crumb

I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework.

I guess I didn't enjoy drawing very much. It was like homework.

Robert Crumb

When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have anyone standing over us.

When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have anyone standing over us.

Robert Crumb

If you're trying to work the art game, if you're like Andy Warhol or something, then you're in with cake-eaters of society. You want to get in with them and please them and get their money.

If you're trying to work the art game, if you're like Andy Warhol or something, then you're in with cake-eaters of society. You want to get in with them and please them and get their money.

Robert Crumb

I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything.

I'm just a negative person, a deeply negative person. I see the worst aspects of everything.

Robert Crumb

There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.

There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.

Robert Crumb

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.

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.

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.

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

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