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Emile Zola (Emile François Zola)

(1840 – 1902) A French writer, novelist, playwright, journalist and social activist. The most important exemplar 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.

Everything is only a dream.

I am an artist... I am here to live out loud.

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity. I am at ease in my generation.

I have for me only an ideal of truth and justice. But I am quite calm; I shall conquer. I was determined that my country should not remain the victim of lies and injustice. I may be condemned here. The day will come when France will thank me for having helped to save her honor.

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

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

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.

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

One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.

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