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

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
Art Critic
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Photographer
Playwright
Poet
Political Journalist
Short Story Writer
Theatre Critic
Paris
France
Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
Loud
Artist
Art
Live

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They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid mist.
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Has science ever retreated? No! It is Catholicism which has always retreated before her, and will always be forced to retreat.
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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.
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It is not necessary that one should humble oneself to deserve assistance, it is sufficient that one should suffer.
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A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.
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What will be the death of me are buillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.
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The conclusion does not belong to the artist.
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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.
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If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
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Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?
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Oh, the fools, like a lot of good little schoolboys, scared to death of anything they've been taught is wrong!
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The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.
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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
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A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground.
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I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction.
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Let us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart.
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Nothing develops intelligence like travel.
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Since the same human mire remains beneath, does not all civilization reduce itself to the superiority of smelling nice and living well?
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Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.
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