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

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

Diane Arbus

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

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

If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic.

If you scrutinize reality closely enough, if in some way you really, really get to it, it becomes fantastic.

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

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

Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

Photography was a license to go wherever I wanted and to do what I wanted to do.

Photography was a license to go wherever I wanted and to do what I wanted to do.

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.

Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding.

The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.

The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way.

For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.

For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.

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

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

We've all got an identity. You can't avoid it. It's what's left when you take everything else away.

We've all got an identity. You can't avoid it. It's what's left when you take everything else away.

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.

Shoot for the secrets, develop for the surprises

Shoot for the secrets, develop for the surprises

Take pictures of what you fear.

Take pictures of what you fear.

Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.

Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.

The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories

The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

Obey God in all things today! Drive out the enemy! Lay the ax to the root of the tree, and the capacity for Jesus Christ will be increased tomorrow.

Obey God in all things today! Drive out the enemy! Lay the ax to the root of the tree, and the capacity for Jesus Christ will be increased tomorrow.

It's Satan's delight to tell me that once he's got me, he will keep me. But at that moment I can go back to God. And I know that if I confess my sins, God is faithful and just to forgive me.

It's Satan's delight to tell me that once he's got me, he will keep me. But at that moment I can go back to God. And I know that if I confess my sins, God is faithful and just to forgive me.