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.
Diane ArbusMost 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 ArbusI'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of them.
Diane ArbusThe condition of photographing is maybe the condition of being on the brink of conversion to anything.
Diane Arbus