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Diane Arbus Quotes: A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.
         

A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know.


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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.

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.



The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories

The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories



Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.

Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.



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.



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

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



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.

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.



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.

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.



Take pictures of what you fear.

Take pictures of what you fear.



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.

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.



I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.





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One cannot make oneself but one can sometimes help a little in the making of somebody else.

One cannot make oneself but one can sometimes help a little in the making of somebody else.



I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.



And then, the negro being doomed, and damned, and forgotten, to everlasting bondage, is the white man quite certain that the tyrant demon will not turn upon him too?

And then, the negro being doomed, and damned, and forgotten, to everlasting bondage, is the white man quite certain that the tyrant demon will not turn upon him too?



Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.

Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.



I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.

I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.



I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.



Apples, grapes... any kind of fruit gives me the energy I need to get through my busy day.

Apples, grapes... any kind of fruit gives me the energy I need to get through my busy day.



Health care is a need; it's not a commodity, and it should be distributed according to need. If you're very sick, you should have a lot of it. If you're not sick, you shouldn't have a lot of it.

Health care is a need; it's not a commodity, and it should be distributed according to need. If you're very sick, you should have a lot of it. If you're not sick, you shouldn't have a lot of it.



Everyone must live, and everyone must express themselves, and must express themselves in the way of their karma.

Everyone must live, and everyone must express themselves, and must express themselves in the way of their karma.




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