I want to photograph the considerable ceremonies of our present. I want to gather them, like somebody's grandmother putting up preserves, because they will have been so beautiful.
Diane ArbusRead
... I must begin at whatever pace is possible, to work on the book of my own that i vaguely keep assuming lies at the end of the rainbow. It is after all my rainbow and if I don't do it no one else will...Survival is the secret so you really can't afford to doubt yourself for long because you are all you've got. The only thing to do is to go the limit with it. Exceed.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of taking action towards your aspirations and believing in yourself.
Diane Arbus encourages individuals to pursue their dreams and ambitions without hesitation, reminding them that they are responsible for their own success. The metaphor of the 'rainbow' symbolizes the pursuit of personal fulfillment, and the message underscores that survival and achievement require self-belief and relentless effort.
In practice
During a motivational talk, one might use this quote to encourage students to pursue their passions.
I want to photograph the considerable ceremonies of our present. I want to gather them, like somebody's grandmother putting up preserves, because they will have been so beautiful.
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.
Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. It was one of the first things I photographed, and it had a terrific kind of excitement for me. I just used to adore them. I still do adore some of them.
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.
If I were just curious, it would be very hard to say to someone, I want to come to your house and have you talk to me and tell me the story of your life. I mean people are going to say, You're crazy. Plus they're going to keep mighty guarded. But the camera is a kind of license. A lot of people, they want to be paid that much attention and that's a reasonable kind of attention to be paid.
It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.
To be, in a word, unborable.... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish
Keep your heel, head and standards high.
If you aren't passionate about a vision, it's hard to have faith in it.
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.
I never worry about action, but only inaction.
Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.
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