It's entirely ridiculous and hopeless to try to compete with somebody who made such a huge contribution to photography... I knew when I went into pho…

- Amy Arbus

Richard Avedon taught me that if you go into a photo session and come out with what you had hoped for, it’s a failure. You need to be surprised if yo…

- Amy Arbus

When I ask to photograph someone, it is because I love the way they look and I think I make that clear. I'm paying them a tremendous compliment. What…

- Amy Arbus

My mother's work has been an enormous influence on me, but not literally. By that I mean, my photographs don't look like hers. That makes it difficul…

- Amy Arbus