Robert Crumb Quotes

When I was younger, I just lived my life on paper. I didn't really live in the real world very much. As a consequence, I couldn't cope with the real world and real people very well. That in itself became life threatening, so I had to stop drawing so much and learn how to cope with people.

Robert Crumb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 30, 1943

Topics

LifeLivePeopleWorldLearnStop

There's always talk about the blues dying out, but it won't.

Joe Bonamassa

BluesTalkDyingAlwaysOutAbout

I didn't handle success all that well.

Jerry Van Dyke

SuccessHandleWell

I wanted to be able to do things at my own pace, make mistakes and nobody would care.

Jerry Yang

MistakesCareNobodyMy OwnOwn

A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. A psychiatrist is the man who collects the rent.

Jerome Lawrence

ManRentAirCastlePsychoticWho

I don't need friends.

John McAfee

FriendsNeed

When I see great film, I have this feeling of 'Oh, wow! Wasn't that great? Wasn't that good?' I want to do something. I want to scream and go out there and participate and embrace life.

Jean-Marc Vallee

LifeGoodGreatFeelingGoWant

I'm more the kind of man who never makes decisions. But impulsivity is not the opposite of courage; I think it's possible to do both.

Stromae

CourageManThinkDecisionsPossible

I don't have any contempt for the men who have to have jobs and have to commute and have to pay the mortgage and have to get their kids an education. To me, that's the backbone of America, to coin a phrase.

Sloan Wilson

EducationMenMeAmericaMortgage

From my earliest youth, I have known that while one is obliged to plan with care the stages of one's journey, one is entitled to dream, and keep dreaming, of its destination. A man may feel as old as his years yet as young as his dreams.

Shimon Peres

DreamsJourneyManDestinationYouth

My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.

Jose Canseco

EyesBaseballYouLookWillClear

My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years.

Win Butler

TeacherSchoolMindMeHigh School

I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.

Paul Tagliabue

GreatFootballCityTeamOpinion

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