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.
- Diane Arbus
Through, Test, Trauma, Traumatic
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.
- Diane Arbus
Work, Like, Awkwardness, Arranging
Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.
- Diane Arbus
Love, Involves, Peculiar
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
Thought, Always, Very, Favorite Things
You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.
- Diane Arbus
See, Someone, Flaw, Notice
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
- Diane Arbus
Craving, Larger, Apt, Appetites
The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
- Diane Arbus
Mind, World, Edge, Contemplation
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
Behind, Give, Always, Regardless
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
Grow, Discover, Like, Catch
My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.
- Diane Arbus
Never, Go, Been, Favorite Thing
I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.
- Diane Arbus
Never, Better, Always, Picture
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
- Diane Arbus
More, About, Tells, Photograph
I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.
- Diane Arbus
Art, See, Would, Photograph
My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.
- Diane Arbus
Never, Go, Been, Favourite
The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.
- Diane Arbus
Important, Never, Always, Sort
The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.
- Diane Arbus
You, More, General, Specific
Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.
- Diane Arbus
Nothing, Same, Ever, Said
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