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Photographer

Diane Arbus was an influential American photographer known for her unique perspective and poignant works. Her photographs focused on marginalized groups and the underprivileged, revealing the complexity and diversity of human nature. Arbus' work has had a profound impact on the art world and is considered an important figure in the history of photography of the 20th century.

Famous Diane Arbus Quotes

“Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe.”

People Way Needs Looks Photographer Appearance One Way Another Way

Book:Diane Arbus: revelations

Source: Diane Arbus: revelations

“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.”

Ifs Way Said Seems Fall Lord Garden Forgiving Paradise Civilized Adam Boundless Eden Adam And Eve Garden Of Eden Exasperation

Book:Diane Arbus: revelations

Source: Diane Arbus: revelations

“If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic.”

Ifs Way Enough Reality Photographer Fantastic Scrutinize

Author:Diane Arbus

“Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe. You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. It's just extraordinary that we should have been given these peculiarities. Something is ironic in the world and it has to do with the fact that what you intend never comes out like you intend it.”

People World Way Needs Should Looks Has Beens Facts Given Streets Like You Should Have Extraordinary Appearance One Way Flaws Ironic Another Way Should Have Been

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“It's important to take bad pictures. It's the bad ones that have to do with what you've never done before. They can make you recognize something you hadn't seen in a way that will make you recognize it when you see it again.”

Way Important Done

Author:Diane Arbus

“I think all families are creepy in a way.”

Thinking Way Creepy

Book:Diane Arbus: revelations

Source: Diane Arbus: revelations

“We stand on a precipice, then before a chasm, and as we wait it becomes higher, wider, deeper, but I am crazy enough to think it doesn't matter which way we leap because when we leap we will have learned to fly. Is that blasphemy or faith?”

Thinking Way Matter Enough Waiting Crazy Higher Photography Deeper Leap Blasphemy Precipice Chasms I Am Crazy

Book:Diane Arbus: revelations

Source: Diane Arbus: revelations

“There's a kind of power thing about the camera. I mean everyone knows you've got some edge. You're carrying some magic which does something to them. It fixes them in a way.”

Knows Way Kind Mean Doe Magic Cameras Photographer Edges

Author:Diane Arbus

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

Knows Way Important Feelings Knowledge Photography Yoga Photographer

Author:Diane Arbus

About the Author

Born: March 14, 1923
Died: July 26, 1971
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 71

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Books & Sources

Diane Arbus: revelationsRelated source material

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