My fiery protest is simply the cry of my very soul.
EMILE ZOLALet us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart.
More Emile Zola Quotes
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Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
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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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If something’s just, I’ll let myself be hacked to bits for it.
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A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.
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Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.
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The conclusion does not belong to the artist.
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Blow the candle out, I don’t need to see what my thoughts look like.
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The vague torment of ambition.
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Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
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When a peasant begins to feel the need for instruction, he usually becomes fiercely calculating.
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One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
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The road to Lourdes is littered with crutches, but not one wooden leg.
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Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.
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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
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When 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.
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