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Quote by Diane Arbus
I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that w

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. – Diane Arbus

Other quotes by Diane Arbus

Most people go through life dreading theyll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. Theyve already passed their test in life. Theyre aristocrats. – Diane Arbus

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Experience
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Diane Arbus
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Theres a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. – Diane Arbus

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Fairy Tales
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Diane Arbus
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Other Quotes from
Photography
category

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see. – Dorothea Lange

Category:
Photography

Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts. – Minor White

Category:
Photography

The goal is not to change your subjects, but for the subject to change the photographer. – Author Unknown

Category:
Photography

A photograph is usually looked at — seldom looked into. – Ansel Adams

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Photography

Random Quotes

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed. – Edgar Rice Burroghs

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Anger

What we say is important… for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. – Jim Beggs

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Speeches (oratory)

I like America. I think its pretty cool. – Mary Lynn Rajskub

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cool

Ive sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture. – Danny Boyle

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Art