Diane Arbus

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

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

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like smooth things or easy things. I like things that are not resolved, things that are a little bit off.

I think it's a way of saying I'm here. I'm here now. I'm present. I'm real. I'm not a dream. I'm not a fantasy. I'm real.

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

The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always in a state of not knowing.

I mean, I've been to a lot of places. I've seen a lot of things. But I've never seen anything like this.

I want to photograph what's difficult to see, what's familiar but not seen.

I think all photographs are about death. They're about things that are gone.

I'm not interested in the exotic. I'm interested in the ordinary.

I'm not interested in the beautiful. I'm interested in the grotesque.

I'm not interested in the perfect. I'm interested in the flawed.

I'm not interested in the normal. I'm interested in the abnormal.

I'm not interested in the ideal. I'm interested in the real.

I'm not interested in the pretty. I'm interested in the ugly.

I'm not interested in the good. I'm interested in the bad.

I'm not interested in the happy. I'm interested in the sad.

I'm not interested in the light. I'm interested in the dark.

I'm not interested in the known. I'm interested in the unknown.

I'm not interested in the seen. I'm interested in the unseen.