Diane Arbus

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.

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

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.