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Art for me...is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside of all the rules and all the demands of society.

Emile Zola

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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
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Society
Individual
Art
Negation
Affirmation
Demands
Rules
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