The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
EMILE ZOLAWhen sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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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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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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There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
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I am an artist. I am here to live out loud.
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Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.
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I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
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I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction.
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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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It all seemed a hollow sham now – that strict code, that conscientious virtue that condemned her to the sterile joys of pious women! No, no, she’d had enough of that; she wanted to live!
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Nothing develops intelligence like travel.
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Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
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Don’t go looking at me like that because you’ll wear your eyes out.
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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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Inability, human incapacity, is the only boundary to an art.
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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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