23 Great Quotes By Diane Arbus To Fire Your Imagination

A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.

You

Diane Arbus

  

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.

You

Diane Arbus

  

The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.

You Never

Diane Arbus

  

For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.

Me

Diane Arbus

  

My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.

Never

Diane Arbus

  

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

Think Never I

Diane Arbus

  

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding

Love

Diane Arbus

  

What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the same as your own.

Trying

Diane Arbus

  

One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.

Diane Arbus

  

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.

You Me

Diane Arbus

  

Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

Diane Arbus

  

...I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold.

Me Never I

Diane Arbus

  

Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.

Diane Arbus

  

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 photographed them.

Me Believe I

Diane Arbus

  

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

You

Diane Arbus

  

I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.

You I

Diane Arbus

  

My favorite thing is to go where I have never gone.

Never I

Diane Arbus

  

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.

You Like

Diane Arbus

  

If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic.

You

Diane Arbus

  

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

Never I

Diane Arbus

  

My favourite thing is to go where I´ve never been.

Never

Diane Arbus

  

My favorite thing is to go where I've never been before.

Never

Diane Arbus