01UndatedThe thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.Diane Arbus / quote ↗
02UndatedMost 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 / quote ↗
03UndatedLadies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.Diane Arbus / quote ↗
04UndatedA picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.Diane Arbus / quote ↗
05UndatedOne 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 / quote ↗
06UndatedFor me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.Diane Arbus / quote ↗
07UndatedWhat 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 / quote ↗
08UndatedRegardless 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 / quote ↗
09UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
10UndatedOne of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.Diane Arbus / quote ↗
11UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
13UndatedYou see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.Diane Arbus / quote ↗
14UndatedI really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.Diane Arbus / quote ↗
18UndatedMost people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience.Diane Arbus / quote ↗