I mean, it's very subtle and a little embarrassing to me, but I really believe there are things which nobody would see unless I photographed them.
Diane ArbusThe thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.
Diane ArbusIt'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.
Diane ArbusEverybody 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.
Diane Arbus