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 pe…

- 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 i…

- 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, I became devoted to my restle…

- 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 abe…

- Gordon Parks

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

- Gordon Parks

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

- Gordon Parks

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

- Gordon Parks

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

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

- Gordon Parks