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Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. It's what I've never seen before that I recognize.

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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
Never
Recognize
Seen
Happiness
Ever
Nothing

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One thing I would never photograph is a dog lying in the mud.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.
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For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.
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Lately I've been struck with how I really love what you can't see in a photograph. An actual physical darkness. And it's very thrilling for me to see darkness again.
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Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.
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One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.
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I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.
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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 it, I arrange myself.
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I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.
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I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed.
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I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.
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There's a kind of power thing about the camera. I mean everyone knows you've got some edge. You're carrying some magic which does something to them. It fixes them in a way.
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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 camera is a kind of license.
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If I didn't have a camera, the things I do would be crazy.
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There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle.
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The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.
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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.
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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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There are an awful lot of people in the world and it's going to be terribly hard to photograph all of them... It was my teacher Lisette Model who finally made it clear to me that the more specific you are, the more general it will be.
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