Diane Arbus

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding. ”

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. ”

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 am full of a sense of promise, like I often have: the feeling of always being at the beginning. ”

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. ”

I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed. ”

I hated painting, and I quit right after high school because I was continually told how terrific I was... it made me feel shaky. ”

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

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them. ”

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