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A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
Diane Arbus
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Diane Arbus
Age: 48 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 14
Died: 1971
Died: July 26
Fashion Photographer
Photographer
New York City
New York
Diane Nemerov
Diane Nemerov Arbus
Diane née Nemerov
Diane nee Nemerov
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We've all got an identity. You can't avoid it. It's what's left when you take everything else away.
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For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.
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You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.
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The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.
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If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic.
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The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.
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I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed.
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The condition of photographing is maybe the condition of being on the brink of conversion to anything.
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One thing that struck me early is that you don’t put into a photograph what’s going to come out. Or, vice versa, what comes out is not what you put in.
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The camera is cruel, so I try to be as good as I can to make things even.
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