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Gordon Parks Quotes

Gordon Parks quotes

American Photographer November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006

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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
I've been with Life now for seventeen years and I have written several articles for them and will be doing more writing and do at least two assignments a year besides my writing. Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks quote: "Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You..."
Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You actenthusiastic until you make it a habit. 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Gordon Parks quote: "The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the..."
The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed. Gordon Parks
So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way. Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks quote: "I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the..."
I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand. Gordon Parks
But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted very much to go because there's not much of a record of the exploits of the first Negro fighter group. Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks quote: "And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to..."
And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start. Gordon Parks

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