Diane Arbus

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

— Diane Arbus

#essentially #flaw #notice #see #someone

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

— Diane Arbus

#more #specific #you

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

— Diane Arbus

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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

#apt #change #children #craving #full

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

— Diane Arbus

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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#contemplation #cutting #cutting edge #edge #grasped

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

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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. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#aristocrats #born #dreading #experience #freaks

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

— Diane Arbus

#know #less #more #photograph #secret

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#involves #love #misunderstanding #peculiar #understanding