Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.
Source: What Their Cry Means To Me, Life, 31 May 1963.
-- Gordon Parks, (Oct 30 1912-2006), US photographer, director; He was a photographer for Life magazine, 1948-72; directed film Shaft, 1972; won Spingarn, 1972.