When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.
Diane Arbus

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

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

Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.
Diane Arbus

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

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

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

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.
Diane Arbus