Diane Arbus ( 10 of 13 )
My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.
My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.
I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about read more
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.
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover read more
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.
These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes.
These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes.
I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about read more
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.
The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.
The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.
What moves me about...what's called technique...is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something read more
What moves me about...what's called technique...is that it comes from some mysterious deep place. I mean it can have something to do with the paper and the developer and all that stuff, but it comes mostly from some very deep choices somebody has made that take a long time and keep haunting them.
It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had read more
It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had begged the Lord to forgive them and He, in his boundless exasperation, had said, ''All right, then. Stay. Stay in the Garden. Get civilized. Procreate. Muck it up.'' And they did.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
