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title: "2 First things Quotes By Diane Arbus"
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> [Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. It was one of the first things I photographed, and it had a terrific kind of excitement for me. I just used to adore them. I still do adore some of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/freaks-was-a-thing-i-photographed-a-lot-it-was-one-of-the-first/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

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> [Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. It was one of the first things I photographed and it had a terrific kind of excitement for me. I just used to adore them. I still do adore some of them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/freaks-was-a-thing-i-photographed-a-lot-it-was-one-of-the-first-2/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/diane-arbus-8503_adore_freaks-was-a-thing-i-photographed-a-lot_2600058.jpg)

## More by Diane Arbus

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/i-mean-it-s-very-subtle-and-a-little-embarrassing-to-me-but-i-really/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [...I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/i-would-never-choose-a-subject-for-what-it-means-to-me-i-choose-a/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [I think the most beautiful inventions are the ones you don't think of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/i-think-the-most-beautiful-inventions-are-the-ones-you-don-t-think-of/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [Nudists are fond of saying that when you come right down to it everyone is alike, and, again, that when you come right down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/nudists-are-fond-of-saying-that-when-you-come-right-down-to-it/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [I think all families are creepy in a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/i-think-all-families-are-creepy-in-a-way/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/i-work-from-awkwardness-by-that-i-mean-i-don-t-like-to-arrange-things/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [We've all got an identity. You can't avoid it. It's what's left when you take everything else away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/we-ve-all-got-an-identity-you-can-t-avoid-it-it-s-what-s-left-when/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/i-never-have-taken-a-picture-i-ve-intended-they-re-always-better-or/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/the-world-can-only-be-grasped-by-action-not-by-contemplation-the-hand/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [ \[Our self-image is\] that gap between intention and effect ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/our-self-image-is-that-gap-between-intention-and-effect/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [They are the proof of something was there and no longer is. Like a stain. And the stillness of them is boggling. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/they-are-the-proof-of-something-was-there-and-no-longer-is-like-a/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/everybody-has-that-thing-where-they-need-to-look-one-way-but-they/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/it-s-always-seemed-to-me-that-photography-tends-to-deal-with-facts/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/my-favourite-thing-is-to-go-where-i-ve-never-been/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

> [I want to photograph the considerable ceremonies of our present. I want to gather them, like somebody's grandmother putting up preserves, because they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/i-want-to-photograph-the-considerable-ceremonies-of-our-present-i/)

[Diane Arbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-arbus/)

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