Quotes by Emile Zola

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

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, I will answer you: I am here to live out loud”

“I am here to live out loud”

“Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest”

“In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.”

“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.”

“There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.”

“If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way.”

“One forges ones style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.”

“Tis better to plumb the depths of unity than forever scratch the surface of variety”

“Until one has loved an animal a part of ones soul remains unawakened.”

“To my way of thinking theres something wrong, or missing, with any person who hasnt got a soft spot in their hearts for an animal of some kind.”

“We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.”

“I hope to make people realize how totally helpless animals are, how dependent on us, trusting as a child must that we will be kind and take care of their needs... [They] are an obligation put on us, a responsibility we have no right to neglect, nor to violate by cruelty.”

“The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it”

“If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.”

“Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.”

“I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I dont care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.”

“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.”

“The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.”