Gordon Parks

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

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.

So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

I spend a lot of time on eBay buying vintage. I also really like Alexander Wang, Miu Miu, Vivienne Westwood, McQueen and Balmain.