"I don't want to be an artist, go on tour and make a video and wear sexy clothes. I would just love to make music."

“Behind every person who’s committed an unimaginable crime is an adult who committed unimaginable violence against them as a child. All of them, as if it was plotted that way. Violence begets violence, and that violence begets even more violence.”

Source : "R. Crumb on Album Covers, Charlie Patton 78s, and Occupy Wall Street". Interview with Tim McDonnell, www.motherjones.com. November 7, 2011.

“the 'total overpaintings' developed... through incessant reworking. The original motif peeped through the edges. Gradually it vanished completely.”

Source : Arnulf Rainer, Rudolf Herman Fuchs, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Haags Gemeentemuseum (1989). “Arnulf Rainer: an exhibition”, Not Avail

“I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]”

“Be not content with the common place in character anymore than with the commonplace in ambition or intellectual attainment. Do not expect that you will make any lasting or very strong impression on the world through intellectual power without the use of an equal amount of conscience and heart.”

“Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.”

Source : Steve Andreas, Virginia Satir (1991). “Virginia Satir, the patterns of her magic”, Science & Behavior Books

“Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary”

“Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listening”

“There are no secrets about England - they are searching for positives.”