65 Quotes by Gordon Parks

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

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

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

I was born to a black childhood of confusion and poverty. The memory of that beginning influences my work today, It is impossible now to photograph a hungry child without remembering the hunger of my old childhood.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life

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

Photography was my choice of weapons.

I suffered first as a child from discrimination, poverty ... So I think it was a natural follow from that that I should use my camera to speak for people who are unable to speak for themselves.