Arbus Photographer Quotes & Sayings

I used to do school plays. I never really took any acting classes. I'm just a natural ham, I guess. — Queen Latifah

I think the most beautiful inventions are the ones you don't think of. — Diane Arbus

We are suffering a national defeat comparable to any lost military campaign, and what is more, it is self- inflicted? It is about time that we pulled our fingers out? The rest of the world most certainly does not owe us a living. — Prince Philip

They're the salt of the earth, those girls. They don't sit each night and compare notes on groups, criticising lyrics, asking if it's valid. They just play the record ... yeah, and maybe they dance. I love them. I love them dearly — David Bowie

The United Kingdom has traditionally been a very small market, and even though you had such a creative group of designers, they represented a risk to department stores. — Natalie Massenet

The Voice of Reason is in us all ... and everyone can recognize it because it makes sense and everyone benefits from it equally. — Bill Hicks

Samantha: Listen, you need to get your head around the demographics of this place. So first of all you've got your blue collars - tradies, we call them. We've got a lot of tradies in Pirriwee. Like my Stu. Salt of the earth. Or salt of the sea, because they all surf, of course. Most of the tradies grew up here and never left. Then you've got your alternative types. Your dippy hippies. And in the last ten years or so, all these wealthy execs and banker wankers have moved in and built massive McMansions up on the cliffs. But! There's only one primary school for all our kids! So at school events you've got a plumber, a banker and a crystal healer standing around trying to make conversation. It's hilarious. No wonder we had a riot. — Liane Moriarty

The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. It really is what makes a great photographer, every bit as much as understanding composition and lighting. — Caleb Deschanel

The camera is a kind of license. — Diane Arbus

I'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of them. — Diane Arbus