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Diane Arbus quotes: One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.

One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.

Diane Arbus quotes: Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

Diane Arbus quotes: The condition of photographing is maybe the condition of being on the brink of conversion to anything.

The condition of photographing is maybe the condition of being on the brink of conversion to anything.

Diane Arbus quotes: Take pictures of what you fear.

Take pictures of what you fear.

Diane Arbus quotes: The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.

The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.

Diane Arbus quotes: The discouragement masquerades as the impossibility.

The discouragement masquerades as the impossibility.

Diane Arbus quotes: The camera is a kind of license.

The camera is a kind of license.

Diane Arbus quotes: For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.

For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.

Diane Arbus quotes: If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic.

If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic.

Diane Arbus quotes: The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories

The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories

Diane Arbus quotes: Photography was a license to go wherever I wanted and to do what I wanted to do.

Photography was a license to go wherever I wanted and to do what I wanted to do.

Diane Arbus quotes: Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.

Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.

Diane Arbus quotes: The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.

The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.

Diane Arbus quotes: If I didn't have a camera, the things I do would be crazy.

If I didn't have a camera, the things I do would be crazy.

Diane Arbus quotes: It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.

It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.

Diane Arbus quotes: And the revelation was a little like what saints receive on mountains - a further chapter in the history of the mystery.

And the revelation was a little like what saints receive on mountains - a further chapter in the history of the mystery.

Diane Arbus quotes: I think the most beautiful inventions are the ones you don't think of.

I think the most beautiful inventions are the ones you don't think of.

Diane Arbus quotes: I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

Diane Arbus quotes: Shoot for the secrets, develop for the surprises

Shoot for the secrets, develop for the surprises

Diane Arbus quotes: The birthday party was me and her, a whore friend of hers and her pimp, and the cake.

The birthday party was me and her, a whore friend of hers and her pimp, and the cake.

Diane Arbus quotes: A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.

A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.

Diane Arbus quotes: Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

Diane Arbus quotes: I'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of them.

I'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of them.

Diane Arbus quotes: These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes.

These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes.

Diane Arbus quotes: I used to have a theory about photographing. It was a sense of getting in between two actions, or in between acton and repose.

I used to have a theory about photographing. It was a sense of getting in between two actions, or in between acton and repose.

Diane Arbus quotes: One thing I would never photograph is a dog lying in the mud.

One thing I would never photograph is a dog lying in the mud.

Diane Arbus quotes: I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

Diane Arbus quotes: My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.

My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.

Diane Arbus quotes: We've all got an identity. You can't avoid it. It's what's left when you take everything else away.

We've all got an identity. You can't avoid it. It's what's left when you take everything else away.

Diane Arbus quotes: 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.

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.

Diane Arbus quotes: Everything is so superb and breathtaking. I am creeping forward on my belly like they do in war movies.

Everything is so superb and breathtaking. I am creeping forward on my belly like they do in war movies.

Diane Arbus quotes: Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience.

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience.

Diane Arbus quotes: Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding

Diane Arbus quotes: I think all families are creepy in a way.

I think all families are creepy in a way.

Diane Arbus quotes: You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

Diane Arbus quotes: 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

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 quotes: I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed.

I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed.

Diane Arbus quotes: Every Difference is a Likeness too.

Every Difference is a Likeness too.

Diane Arbus quotes: 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.

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.

Diane Arbus quotes: I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.

I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.

Diane Arbus quotes: what is ceremonious and curious and commonplace will be legendary.

what is ceremonious and curious and commonplace will be legendary.

Diane Arbus quotes: Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.

Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.

Diane Arbus quotes: [Our self-image is] that gap between intention and effect

[Our self-image is] that gap between intention and effect

Diane Arbus quotes: I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold.

I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold.