"I feel it is the heart, not the……" — Gordon Parks
"I feel it is the heart, not the eye, that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter."
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36 Quotes by Gordon Parks
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And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start.
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And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard…
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Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.
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I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe:…
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Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was…
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Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a…
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At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure,…
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I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I…
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So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion,…
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But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have…
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Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long…
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If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
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