I'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of them. — 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
...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
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
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
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
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. — Diane Arbus Copy Share
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
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… — Diane Arbus Copy Share
It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction. — Diane Arbus Copy Share
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… — Diane Arbus Copy Share
