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The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.
Diane Arbus
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Diane Arbus
Age: 48 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 14
Died: 1971
Died: July 26
Fashion Photographer
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New York City
New York
Diane Nemerov
Diane Nemerov Arbus
Diane née Nemerov
Diane nee Nemerov
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Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. It was one of the first things I photographed and it had a terrific kind of excitement for me. I just used to adore them. I still do adore some of them. I don't quite mean they're my best friends but they made me feel a mixture of shame and awe.
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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.
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Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.
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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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I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed.
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One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.
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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.
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I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.
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I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.
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I think the most beautiful inventions are the ones you don't think of.
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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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It's important to take bad pictures. It's the bad ones that have to do with what you've never done before. They can make you recognize something you hadn't seen in a way that will make you recognize it when you see it again.
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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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A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
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These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes.
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One thing I would never photograph is a dog lying in the mud.
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I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.
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Take pictures of what you fear.
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Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.
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