91 Quotes by Robert Crumb

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

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    The Bible was not written for entertainment purposes, so it’s a real hodgepodge and a compendium of all kinds of stuff.

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    Throwaway pens are no good – I never liked them. I’ve tried them all.

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    I didn’t invent anything; it’s all there in the culture; it’s not a big mystery. I just combine my personal experience with classic cartoon stereotypes.

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

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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.

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    There’s many heroic underappreciated investigative journalists.

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

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