Author Profile
Diane Arbus
1923 – 1971 • American • Photographer
26
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Collected Meditations
Showing 26 quotesI am full of a sense of promise, like I often have: the feeling of always being at the beginning.— Diane Arbus
There is so much work to working that there are moments, moments, where I stop and look around, and it seems too arduous to go on. It isn't, of course.— Diane Arbus
You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.— Diane Arbus
I hated painting, and I quit right after high school because I was continually told how terrific I was... it made me feel shaky.— Diane Arbus
I want to photograph the considerable ceremonies of our present. I want to gather them, like somebody's grandmother putting up preserves, because they will have been so beautiful.— Diane Arbus
I used to think consciousness itself was a virtue, so I tried to keep it all in my head at the same time: past, future, etc.— Diane Arbus
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.— Diane Arbus
That is why people have jobs and pay checks... it helps keep you from unanswerable questions.— Diane Arbus
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.— 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.— Diane Arbus
When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.— Diane Arbus
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.— Diane Arbus