Diane Arbus quotes

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. (Diane Arbus)
My favourite thing is to go where I've never been. View quote
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Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding. View quote
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The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way. View quote
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I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't. View quote
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I mean, it's very subtle and a little embarrassing to me, but I really believe there are things which nobody would see unless I photographed them. View quote
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I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them. View quote
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I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I've never been. View quote
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For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture. View quote
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If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic. View quote
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Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. It's what I've never seen before that I recognize. (Diane Arbus)
One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed. View quote
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What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the same as your own. View quote
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One thing that struck me early is that you don't put into a photograph what's going to come out. Or, vice versa, what comes out is not what you put in. View quote
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. View quote
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I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself. View quote
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There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. View quote
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory. View quote
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I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse. View quote
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Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. View quote
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I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse. (Diane Arbus)
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. View quote
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You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. View quote
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I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed. View quote
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Every Difference is a Likeness too. View quote
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