Robert Crumb Quotes

Robert Crumb — American Artist born on August 30, 1943,

Robert Dennis Crumb is an American cartoonist and musician who often signs his work R. Crumb. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and satire of contemporary American culture... (wikipedia)

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.

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 can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try.

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.