The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
EMILE ZOLAIt is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.
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One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
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I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and is entitled to happiness. My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
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She might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job of it and this great patience with which she waited for her claws to grow was in itself a form of enjoyment.
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When truth is buried, it grows. It chokes. It gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.
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When a peasant begins to feel the need for instruction, he usually becomes fiercely calculating.
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Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.
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When lovers kiss on the cheeks, it is because they are searching, feeling for one another’s lips. Lovers are made by a kiss.
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A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.
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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
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Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.
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How evil life must be if it were indeed necessary that such imploring cries, such cries of physical and moral wretchedness, should ever and ever ascend to heaven!
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Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
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Blow the candle out, I don’t need to see what my thoughts look like.
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The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.
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