Diane Arbus

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

— Diane Arbus

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

— Diane Arbus

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A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#enigma #photography #art

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

— Diane Arbus

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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. ↗

— Diane Arbus

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

— Diane Arbus

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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. ↗

— Diane Arbus

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

— Diane Arbus

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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. ↗

— Diane Arbus

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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. ↗

— Diane Arbus

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