I hated painting, and I quit right after high school because I was continually told how terrific I was... it made me feel shaky. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
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… — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
...I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what… — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
I think the most beautiful inventions are the ones you don't think of. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
Nudists are fond of saying that when you come right down to it everyone is alike, and, again, that when you come right down… — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
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… — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
We've all got an identity. You can't avoid it. It's what's left when you take everything else away. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
They are the proof of something was there and no longer is. Like a stain. And the stillness of them is boggling. You can… — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
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 see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. It's just extraordinary that we should have been given these peculiarities. Something is ironic in the world and it has to… — Diane Arbus Copy Share
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