I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try. Gordon Parks More Quotes by Gordon Parks More Quotes From Gordon Parks I was born to a black childhood of confusion and poverty. The memory of that beginning influences my work today, It is impossible now to photograph a hungry child without remembering the hunger of my old childhood. Gordon Parks confusionmemorieschildren I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake. Gordon Parks colorwhitepeople I have been born again and again and each time, I have found something to love. Gordon Parks again-and-againborn-againfound I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand. Gordon Parks allowingevil People in millenniums ahead will know what we were like in the 1930's and the thing that, the important major things that shaped our history at that time. This is as important for historic reasons as any other. Gordon Parks historicimportantpeople Photography was my choice of weapons. Gordon Parks weaponsphotographychoices Enthusiasm is the electricity of life Gordon Parks electricityenthusiasm I do find a certain fascination with the unpredictable. The transitory years we wade through are what they are- what we make of them. Gordon Parks wadefascinationyears I have always felt as though I needed a weapon against evil. Gordon Parks weaponsneededevil Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small. Gordon Parks realizingachievementloneliness You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery. Gordon Parks miserycamerasshows But I do feel a little teeny right now that I'm just about ready to start, and winter is entering. Half past autumn has arrived. Gordon Parks autumnwinterpast The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets a good byline; he gets notices all over the world and so forth; but they're really - the important people are the people he photographs. Gordon Parks photographydoorspeople I had known poverty firsthand, but there I learned how to fight its evil - along with the evil of racism - with a camera. Gordon Parks fightingracismevil Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along. Gordon Parks places-in-the-worldworld Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a photographer Gordon Parks poetphotographeruse And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well. Gordon Parks beautifulyearsthinking I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done. Gordon Parks knowingpeoplethinking And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start. Gordon Parks masteryreadyfeels I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it. Gordon Parks dollarscamerasfifty
