“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.”
Diane Arbus“I used to have a theory about photographing. It was a sense of getting in between two actions, or in between acton and repose.”
Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus: Monograph“what is ceremonious and curious and commonplace will be legendary.”
Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus: Monograph“The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.”
Diane Arbus, Diane Arbus: Revelations“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.”
Diane Arbus“Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience.”
Diane Arbus“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.”
Diane Arbus“You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.”
Diane Arbus