Diane Arbus Quotes

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience.
Diane Arbus
The more specific you are the more general it'll be.
Diane Arbus
My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.
Diane Arbus
My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone.
Diane Arbus
I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.
Diane Arbus
You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.
Diane Arbus
I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.
Diane Arbus
You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.
Diane Arbus
what is ceremonious and curious and commonplace will be legendary.
Diane Arbus
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
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.
Diane Arbus
One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.
Diane Arbus
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.
Diane Arbus
For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.
Diane Arbus
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.
Diane Arbus
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.
Diane Arbus
A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.
Diane Arbus
Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.
Diane Arbus
Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.
Diane Arbus
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.
Diane Arbus
The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.
Diane Arbus