Robert Crumb Quotes & Sayings
42 most famous Robert Crumb quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 81 year old American artist born on Aug 30, 1943.
“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.”
“You must thank the gods for art, those of us who have been fortunate enough to stumble onto this means of venting our craziness, our meanness, our towering disgust.”
“I'm into old-time music; I'm not very interested in modern, popular music at all. And if I'm really into some particular old-time musician, some fiddler or banjo player, I'm always dying of curiosity to see what they look like. So there's some connection between visual images and music.”
“When I go back to America, after a few days I am once again filled with this kind of angry alienation and disgust with this thing there that America has got - you have no idea how pervasive it is there. The public relations and propaganda put out by the corporate mono-culture there is so pervasive.”
“Oh, yes. 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 were into. I knew I was a sissy.”
“I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.”
“Violence begets violence, and then you get leaders who are violent men. And you don't want that.”
“When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.”
“I moved further and further away from mass entertainment. The sexual element became increasingly sinister and bizarre. Don't blame me! The bastards drove me to it! They all backed off after that!”
“You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.”
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