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

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

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

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.
Emile Zola

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

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

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

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Emile Zola

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


The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.
Emile Zola

The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.
Emile Zola

There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
Emile Zola