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title: "1 Try Compete Quotes By Amy Arbus"
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> [It's entirely ridiculous and hopeless to try to compete with somebody who made such a huge contribution to photography... I knew when I went into photography that I would be compared to my mother. I thought to myself, what can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-arbus/it-s-entirely-ridiculous-and-hopeless-to-try-to-compete-with-somebody/)

Amy Arbus

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## More by Amy Arbus

> [It's entirely ridiculous and hopeless to try to compete with somebody who made such a huge contribution to photography... I knew when I went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-arbus/it-s-entirely-ridiculous-and-hopeless-to-try-to-compete-with-somebody/)

Amy Arbus

> [My mother's work has been an enormous influence on me, but not literally. By that I mean, my photographs don't look like hers. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-arbus/my-mother-s-work-has-been-an-enormous-influence-on-me-but-not/)

Amy Arbus

> [When I ask to photograph someone, it is because I love the way they look and I think I make that clear. I'm paying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-arbus/when-i-ask-to-photograph-someone-it-is-because-i-love-the-way-they/)

Amy Arbus

> [Richard Avedon taught me that if you go into a photo session and come out with what you had hoped for, it’s a failure.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-arbus/richard-avedon-taught-me-that-if-you-go-into-a-photo-session-and-come/)

Amy Arbus

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