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Robert Crumb Quotes

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

"R. Crumb Speaks". Interview with Robert Hughes, content.time.com. April 29, 2005.

Your vigor for life appalls me.

"Your Vigor for Life Appalls Me: The R. Crumb Letters 1958-1977". Book by Robert Crumb, 1998.

Drawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.

"The R. Crumb Handbook". Book by Robert Crumb and Peter Poplaski, 2005.

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

"'When I was four, I knew I was weird'". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2005.

I'm an outsider. I will always be an outsider.

"R. Crumb, The Art of Comics No. 1". Interview with Ted Widmer, www.theparisreview.org. 2010.

At least I hate myself as much as I hate anybody else.

"The man whose muse is misery" by Sharon Waxman, www.washingtonpost.com. May 25, 1992.

Everything that is strong in me has gone into my art work.

"When I was four, I knew I was weird", www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2005.

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

"STYLE; An Eye for The Ladies". Interview with Lisa Eisner and Roman Alonso, www.nytimes.com. March 30, 2003.

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

"When I was four, I knew I was weird", www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2005.

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.

"STYLE; An Eye for The Ladies". Interview with Lisa Eisner and Roman Alonso, www.nytimes.com. March 30, 2003.

The fine-art world knows very little about the cartoon world.

"STYLE; An Eye for The Ladies". Interview with Lisa Eisner and Roman Alonso, www.nytimes.com. March 30, 2003.

Violence begets violence, and then you get leaders who are violent men. And you don't want that.

"R. Crumb on Album Covers, Charlie Patton 78s, and Occupy Wall Street". Interview with Tim McDonnell, www.motherjones.com. November 7, 2011.