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Gordon Parks quotes: I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.

I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.

Gordon Parks quotes: The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.

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

Gordon Parks quotes: I had known poverty firsthand, but there I learned how to fight its evil - along with the evil of racism - with a camera.

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

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

Gordon Parks quotes: If a man can reach the latter days of his life with his soul intact, he has mastered life.

If a man can reach the latter days of his life with his soul intact, he has mastered life.

Gordon Parks quotes: I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.

I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.

Gordon Parks quotes: I have been born again and again and each time, I have found something to love.

I have been born again and again and each time, I have found something to love.

Gordon Parks quotes: I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand.

I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand.

Gordon Parks quotes: Think in terms of images and words. They can be mighty powerful when they are fitted together properly.

Think in terms of images and words. They can be mighty powerful when they are fitted together properly.

Gordon Parks quotes: The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

Gordon Parks quotes: And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start.

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

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

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

Gordon Parks quotes: I have always felt as though I needed a weapon against evil.

I have always felt as though I needed a weapon against evil.

Gordon Parks quotes: You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

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

Gordon Parks quotes: 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

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

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

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

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

Gordon Parks quotes: Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

Gordon Parks quotes: I do find a certain fascination with the unpredictable. The transitory years we wade through are what they are- what we make of them.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Photography was my choice of weapons.

Photography was my choice of weapons.

Gordon Parks quotes: Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a photographer

Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a photographer

Gordon Parks quotes: I have never known anyone important enough to consume me in anger beyond a few hours. Better to depart their existence before they poison your own.

I have never known anyone important enough to consume me in anger beyond a few hours. Better to depart their existence before they poison your own.

Gordon Parks quotes: 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.

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 quotes: If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.

If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.