Diane Arbus

Visual Arts United States 1923 – 1971 98 quotes

Portraitist of societal outsiders with unflinching gaze.

Quotes by Diane Arbus

I feel like a detective in my work.

Personal reflection

The world is full of wonders and horrors.

Notebook 1971

Photography is my way of shouting.

Interview

I embrace the weird.

Interview 1965

Faces tell stories without words.

Writing

Isolation is the human condition.

Letter 1970

I capture moments of truth.

Interview

The familiar becomes strange through the lens.

Notebook 1968

People hide their secrets, I reveal them.

Personal reflection

Creativity comes from discomfort.

Interview 1969

Every portrait is a self-portrait.

Writing

I live through my camera.

Letter 1971

The edge of normalcy fascinates me.

Interview 1965

Photography is an invasion of privacy.

Speech excerpt

Dreams and reality blur in images.

Notebook

I seek the soul in every face.

Interview 1967

Life's absurdities are my subjects.

Writing

In the end, we are all freaks.

Personal reflection 1971