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If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

Emile Zola

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
EMILE ZOLA

Ability Artist Gift Hard Work Talent
Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they’ve been taught is wrong!
EMILE ZOLA

Fear Fools School Teaching Wrong
She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself.
EMILE ZOLA

Cold Happiness Herself Nature Passion Virtuous
The road to Lourdes is littered with crutches, but not one wooden leg.
EMILE ZOLA

Journey Road Struggle
Don’t go looking at me like that because you’ll wear your eyes out.
EMILE ZOLA

Eyes Myself Sight Stare Yourself
It is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth.
EMILE ZOLA

Reason Strong Truth
The conclusion does not belong to the artist.
EMILE ZOLA

Artist Conclusion
Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.
EMILE ZOLA

Class Correct Education Genius Talent Track
I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
EMILE ZOLA

Boredom Death Myself Passion
Nothing develops intelligence like travel.
EMILE ZOLA

Development Intelligence Travel
A god of kindness would be charitable to all. Your god of wrath and punishment is but a monstrous phantasy.
EMILE ZOLA

Charitable God Kindness Monster Punishment Yourself
Yes! live life with every fibre of one’s being, surrender oneself to it, with no thoughts of rebellion, without deluding oneself that one can improve it and render it painless.
EMILE ZOLA

Fibre Improvement Life Pain Rebel Surrender
Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
EMILE ZOLA

Art Corner Creation Temperature
One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
EMILE ZOLA

Dead Fake Forge Line Style
Through the centuries, the history of peoples is but a lesson in mutual tolerance.
EMILE ZOLA

History Lesson People Time Tolerance
Lovers are made by a kiss.
EMILE ZOLA

Kiss Lover One Liner

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

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