Emile Zola
Emile Zola
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in the renowned newspaper headline J'accuse. Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 April 1840
CountryFrance
Tis better to plumb the depths of unity than forever scratch the surface of variety
If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.
If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
Classical education has deformed everything, and has imposed upon us as geniuses men of correct, facile talent, who follow the beaten track.
One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
Everything is only a dream.
In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.
It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
Why is it that my heart is so touched whenever I meet a dog lost in our noisy streets? Why do I feel such anguished pity when I see one of these creatures coming and going, sniffing everyone, frightened, despairing of even finding its master?
In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.
Yes! live life with every fibre of one's being, surrender oneself to it, with no thoughts of rebellion, without deluding oneself that one can improve it and render it painless.
The camembert with its venison scent defeats the Marolles and Limbourg dull smells; It spreads its exhalation, smothering the other scents under its surprising breath abundance.
Why then should money be blamed for all the dirt and crimes it causes? For is love less filthy -- love which creates life?
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.