Quotes by Gordon Parks

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.

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

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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, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

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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.

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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 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.

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Enthusiasm is the electricity of life

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Enthusiasm

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

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Enthusiasm

Life

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit. Enthusiasm is natural; it is being alive, taking the initiative, seeing the importance of what you do, giving it dignity and making what you do important to yourself and to others.

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Important

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

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Fifty

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

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Quotes by Gordon Parks

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.

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

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.

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 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.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life

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. Enthusiasm is natural; it is being alive, taking the initiative, seeing the importance of what you do, giving it dignity and making what you do important to yourself and to others.

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

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

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