You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

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

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

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

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Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along.

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

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

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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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I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done.

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The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibition. Later, Kodak gave me my first exhibition.

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