- Émile Zola (Wikipedia)
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (/ˈzoʊlə/, also US: /zoʊˈlɑː/, French: [emil zɔla]; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner 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 and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in his renowned newspaper opinion headlined J’Accuse…! Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902.
Everything is only a dream.
Émile Zola, Le Rêve [The Dream] (1888).Existence is so bitter for every one of us! Ought we not forgive others much, my friend, if we wish to be forgiven ourselves?
Émile Zola, Nana (1880)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.
Émile Zola, My Hates (1866)I would rather die of passion than of boredom.
Émile ZolaIf you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, I will answer you: I am here to live out loud!
Émile Zola quoted in Writers on Writing (1986) by Jon WinokurOne forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
Émile Zola, Le Figaro (1881)Paris flared — Paris, which the divine sun had sown with light, and where in glory waved the great future harvest of Truth and of Justice.
Émile Zola, Paris (1898)The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Émile Zola as quoted in Wisdom for the Soul by Larry ChangThere are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
Émile Zola, Letter to Paul Cézanne (16 April 1860)- Zola died on 29 September 1902 of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by an improperly ventilated chimney.