Robert Crumb Quotes - Page 2

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• I couldn't find any good pictures in magazines of ordinary modern street corners in America, so I persuaded this guy I knew in Sacramento - Stanley Something-or-other - to spend a day with me driving around just to take snapshots.

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  America, Guy, Ordinary

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• Some things I won't do for any amount of money. That's so demoralizing and goes against every principle that I hold. It's like, okay, some rich people can buy me because I'm a talented guy. They can buy talent. You can't buy it for yourself, but you can buy other people's talent to serve your purposes. And once an artist does that, he becomes like a plaything of the rich. You know, some of these wealthy collectors have paid lots of money for artwork that I already did, but I didn't do it with the intention of catering to them.

  Robert Crumb

  Artist, People, Guy

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

  Robert Crumb

  America, Tradition, Reactions

  "R. Crumb on greed, senior sex and life in France: ‘I’m not less angry’ [updated]". Interview with Deborah Vankin, herocomplex.latimes.com. November 10, 2010.

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• Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.

  Robert Crumb

  America, Adults, Contempt

  "'America has become this soulless suburban culture'" by Robert Crumb, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2005.

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• The only burning passion I'm sure I have is the passion for sex.

  Robert Crumb

  Sex, Passion, Burning

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• Throwaway pens are no good - I never liked them. I've tried them all.

  Robert Crumb

  Pens

  Interview with Steve Bell, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2005.

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• Some of the wealthy collectors have paid lots of money for artwork that I already did, but I didn't do it with the intention of catering to them. I think part of the reason my work is attractive to people like that is because it doesn't cater to them.

  Robert Crumb

  Thinking, People, Reason

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• Yeah, I was a child of American popular culture.

  Robert Crumb

  Children, Culture, Yeah

  Interview with Steve Bell, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2005.

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• They can buy talent. You can't buy it for yourself, but you can buy other people's talent to serve your purposes. And once an artist does that, he becomes like a plaything of the rich.

  Robert Crumb

  Artist, People, Doe

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

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• I was a child of American popular culture. All I did as a kid was what I could get at the local supermarket or the dime store. Nothing else was seen. Plus what was on television, or the movie theatre. That was it.

  Robert Crumb

  Children, Kids, Theatre

  Interview with Steve Bell, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2005.

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• I don't do album covers or CD covers for groups or musicians I don't like or have no interest in.

  Robert Crumb

  Cds, Musician, Groups

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

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• I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I couldn't cope with people in real life; I was very shy and very nervous around people.

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  Real, Drawing, People

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• There's some connection between visual images and music. But there's plenty of old records where I have no idea what the band looked like, or even what sort of context the music was played in.

  Robert Crumb

  Ideas, Connections, Band

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

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• There's many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.

  Robert Crumb

  Heroic, Journalist

  "R. Crumb on greed, senior sex and life in France: ‘I’m not less angry’ [updated]". Interview with Deborah Vankin, herocomplex.latimes.com. November 10, 2010.

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• I still can't spend a lot of money on records at collector prices. There's something in me that just won't allow me to do that. But I will trade my artwork, which I know is worth thousands of dollars.

  Robert Crumb

  Dollars, Records, Artwork

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

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• 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.

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  Boys, Four, Sissy

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

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• I use photos a lot for drawing people and personalities, but they're almost never photos that I've taken.

  Robert Crumb

  Taken, Drawing, People

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

  Robert Crumb

  Funny, Drawing, Homework

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

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