The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells; It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance.
EMILE ZOLAInability, human incapacity, is the only boundary to an art.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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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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The conclusion does not belong to the artist.
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Don’t go looking at me like that because you’ll wear your eyes out.
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She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself.
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Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
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These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here
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Violence has never prospered, you can’t remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!
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The road to Lourdes is littered with crutches, but not one wooden leg.
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I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
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A god of kindness would be charitable to all. Your god of wrath and punishment is but a monstrous phantasy.
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The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one’s intellect to know it better.
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When you have a sorrow that is too great it leaves no room for any other.
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If something’s just, I’ll let myself be hacked to bits for it.
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When a peasant begins to feel the need for instruction, he usually becomes fiercely calculating.
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