There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. Emile Zola
If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud. Emile Zola Life
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. Emile Zola Truth Power
I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity. Emile Zola Beauty Perfection
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. Emile Zola