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"Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. It's what I've never seen before that I recognize."

— Diane Arbus

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More quotes by Diane Arbus

"I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse."

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

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

"I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself."

"They are the proof that something was there and no longer is. Like a stain. And the stillness of them is boggling. You can turn away but when you come back they'll still be there looking at you."

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