“it was in that uncertain state of mind that he began to sketch her face (12)” — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
“that they were often as thrilled by trash as by an acknowledged masterpiece (32)” — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
Art for me...is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside of all the rules and all the demands of… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“I want to depict the artist's struggle with reality, the sheer effort of creation which goes into every work of art, the… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“What was Art, after all, if not simply giving out what you have inside you? ... Wasn't a bunch of carrots, yes,… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“Haven't I told you scores of times, that you're always beginners, and the greatest satisfaction was not in being at the top,… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“Hélène, her eyes once more raised and remote, was deep in a dream. She was Lady Rowena, she was in love, with the deep… — Émile Zola Copy Share
How evil life must be if it were indeed necessary that such imploring cries, such cries of physical and moral wretchedness, should ever and… — Emile Zola Copy Share
“he was carried aloft, for the moment, on one of those great waves of hope from which he was usually plunged deep into the… — Émile Zola Copy Share
“Death had to take her little by little, bit by bit, dragging her along to the bitter end of the miserable existence she'd made… — Émile Zola Copy Share
“Lastly, I accuse the first court-martial of having violated the law by condemning an accused person on one document kept secret, and I accuse… — Émile Zola Copy Share
“vexation, yet filled with unconscious regret for the terrible unknown things that might have, but had not, happened (23)” — Émile Zola Copy Share
“Good gracious!" she exclaimed, "she's been more than an hour in there! When the priests set about cleansing her of her sins, the choir-boys… — Émile Zola Copy Share
The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better. — Emile Zola Copy Share
“A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure. It will be a good thing for the Rougon family to… — Émile Zola Copy Share
I believe that all is illusion and vanity outside the treasure of truths slowly accumulated, and which will never again be lost. I believe… — Emile Zola Copy Share
“She wanted to live, and live fully, and to give life, she who loved life! What was the good of existing, if you couldn't… — Émile Zola Copy Share
The fear of life, the fear of burdens and of duties, of annoyances and of catastrophes! The fear of life, which makes us, through… — Emile Zola Copy Share
