Diane Arbus

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

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

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover read more

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.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about read more

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.

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's read more

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe. You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about read more

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.