Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every toolshop of my mind, and with long searching and hard work.
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Well, I was born in Kansas, raised in Minnesota and spent a good part of my early life, up until I was about fifteen or sixteen, in Kansas.Gordon Parks
There's another horizon out there, one more horizon that you have to make for yourself and let other people discover it, and someone else will take it further on, you know.
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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
I had a tremendous interest and I just kept plugging away and knocking at doors, you know, seeking out encouragement where I could get it.
Gordon Parks
I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand.
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