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Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.
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Newsweek (22 October 1984)

 

Norman Mailer

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You put your camera around your neck in the morning, along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares your life with you. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

 

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It was on tiny wheels with a mount for the camera that put the lens about two feet above the ground. On it rode the camera operator and the assistant who changed the focus and that's all. Fred always wanted to keep the camera in as tight as possible, and they used to shoot with a 40 millimetre lens, which doesn't give you too much leeway. So every time Fred and Ginger moved toward us, the camera had to go back, and every time they went back, the camera went in. The head grip who was in charge of pushing this thing was a joy to watch. He would maintain a consistent distance, and when they were in the midst of a hectic dance that's quite a stunt.

 

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Nicholas G. Carr

 

Open your hands, ye Whose hands are full! The world is waiting for you! The whole machinery of the Divine beneficence is clogged by your hard hearts and rigid fingers. Give and spend, and be sure that God will send; for only in giving and spending do you fulfill the object of His sending.

 

Josiah Gilbert Holland

 

Tarbash: "What does 'iconoclast' mean?"
Diane the Flower Lady: "I don't know."
Tarbash: "Then I speak English better than you. It means breaker of idols, icons. Iconoclast."
Diane the Flower Lady: "It's not a word."

 

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