Robert Crumb

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

— Robert Crumb

#cartoonist #famous #felt #get #i

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

— Robert Crumb

#enjoy #guess #homework #i #like

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! ↗

— Robert Crumb

#away #backed #bastards #became #bizarre

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

— Robert Crumb

#come #i #just #real #real world

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

#absolute freedom #anyone #best #best way #comics

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

— Robert Crumb

#art work #everything #gone #into #me

I have always had an abiding interest in that type of female anatomy. ↗

— Robert Crumb

#anatomy #female #had #i #interest

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. ↗

— Robert Crumb

#courage #cowardly #desperation #dull #half

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

— Robert Crumb

#adult life #america #contempt #had #i

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. ↗

— Robert Crumb

#fearful #four #i #into #knew