American - Artist | August 30, 1943 -
We were always drawing comics as kids. My brother Charles made me draw comics. I was very much under his domination. He was actually a much stronger artistic visionary than I was.
Robert Crumb
BrotherMeDrawingStrongerAlways
If you're trying to work the art game, if you're like Andy Warhol or something, then you're in with cake-eaters of society. You want to get in with them and please them and get their money.
WorkArtMoneySocietyGameYou
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.
LifePeopleMeDrawingYoungShy
People still make me nervous, but gradually over the years I've developed kind of like a public personality, so I can talk. I have my spiel, I have my stories.
PersonalityPeopleMeI CanKind
I oughta be rich. But, you know, if you don't spend all your time looking after money, somebody else will. The guys who look after money, they're the ones who get the money.
TimeMoneyLookingRichYouLook
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.
WorkMyselfMeYouLooksKnow
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