I draw the line at some things. Some things I won't do for any amount of money. Like for instance, there's a couple of CEOs of very large corporations that offered me lots of money to do special pictures for them. And I just refused to do that. Even if it was a million dollars I wouldn't do it.
Robert CrumbThey 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 CrumbI 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 CrumbThe 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.
Robert CrumbDrawing is a way for me to articulate things inside myself that I can't otherwise grasp.
Robert Crumb