Quotes of Gordon Parks - somelinesforyou

“ At first I wasn’t sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ 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

“ 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

“ At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ 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

“ The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ That was my first day in Washington, D.C., in 1942. I had experienced a kind of bigotry and discrimination here that I never expected to experience. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ That was my first day in Washington, D.C., in 1942. I had experienced a kind of bigotry and discrimination here that I never expected to experience. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ 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

“ The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ Well, I was born in Kansas, raised in Minnesota and spent a good part of my early life, up until I was about fifteen or sixteen, in Kansas. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ 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

“ You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery. You can show things that you like about the universe, things that you hate about the universe. It's capable of doing both. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery. You can show things that you like about the universe, things that you hate about the universe. It's capable of doing both. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ 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

“ Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ That was my first day in Washington, D.C., in 1942. I had experienced a kind of bigotry and discrimination here that I never expected to experience. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with legends that are consuming and all but impossible to live up to. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ I had a tremendous interest and I just kept plugging away and knocking at doors, you know, seeking out encouragement where I could get it. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it. ”

- Gordon Parks

“ 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
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