Diane Arbus

I'm not interested in the dream. I'm interested in the waking.

I'm not interested in the illusion. I'm interested in the truth.

I'm not interested in the fantasy. I'm interested in the fact.

I'm not interested in the story. I'm interested in the event.

I'm not interested in the narrative. I'm interested in the happening.

I'm not interested in the explanation. I'm interested in the mystery.

I'm not interested in the answer. I'm interested in the question.

I'm not interested in the solution. I'm interested in the problem.

I'm not interested in the end. I'm interested in the beginning.

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.

I really believe there are things which nobody would see unless I photographed them.

The world is a dream, a vision, and photography is a way of holding onto it.

I work from awkwardness. I work from misapprehension.

The normal and the abnormal are very close. That's what makes it so interesting.

I want to take pictures of people who are not like me.

Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.

There are an infinite number of people who are better at something than I am, but what I do is go out and take pictures.

The subject is everything. The subject makes the picture.

I always think of photography as a voyeuristic medium.

Freaks are the people I feel closest to.