Emile Zola

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don’t care for the great centuries…

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow…

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing…

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it…

If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell…

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work…