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title: "2 People Observe Quotes By Diane Arbus"
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> [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…](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/)

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> [Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-arbus/everybody-has-that-thing-where-they-need-to-look-one-way-but-they-2/)

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

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## 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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