A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.

Quote by Diane Arbus

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My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.

My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you...

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you...

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with...

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with...

Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as...

Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as...

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.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one...

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one...

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.

Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the...

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the...

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you...

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you...

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If...

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If...

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.

The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the...

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the...

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less...

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less...

They are the proof of something was there and no longer is. Like a stain....

They are the proof of something was there and no longer is. Like a stain....

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times...

I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of...

I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of...

What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a...

What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a...