Emile Zola Quotes

10 quotes from 10 authors

Emile Zola’s life feels novel‑like; these ten voices map his rise from a poor student in Aix to a champion of the underdog. One quote recalls his early poverty, another notes his left‑leaning politics, and a third celebrates the marginalized; for more, check naturalism, French social reform, or Victor Hugo.

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I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of…

Mark Kurlansky

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“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” —ÉMILE ZOLA”

Carol Eikleberry

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“If you shut up the truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow and gather to itself such explosive…

Tyler Hamilton

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Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different…

Howard Gardner

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My idol is Emile Zola. He was a man of the left, so people expected of him a kind of 'Les Miserables,'…

Tom Wolfe

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I'm a huge Emile Zola fan, and when Bill Gallagher said he was writing a new character for 'The Paradise' and had…

Ben Daniels

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Twitter reminds me of an era in French literature - Emile Zola and Honoré de Balzac - and the beginning of modernity…

Kim Gordon

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“Its motto, from Figaro’s monologue in the final act of Le Mariage de Figaro, was Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n’est…

Susan Elia MacNeal

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“Emily Zola.That's only the second woman I've seen down here. What's up with that?" But before St. Clair can answer, the grating…

Stephanie Perkins

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“In one of Mary’s apparitions to Bernadette, Our Lady asked her to dig in the dirt. As she dug, a spring trickled…

Carrie Gress

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