Historic Quote by Gordon Parks

You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

— Gordon Parks

The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.

— Gordon Parks

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

— Gordon Parks

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…

— 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…

— Gordon Parks

I had known poverty firsthand, but there I learned how to fight its evil - along with the evil of racism - with a…

— 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

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

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…

— 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,…

— Gordon Parks

Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and hard work,…

— Gordon Parks

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

— Gordon Parks