- Émile Zola (allthetropes.org)
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. In literature, he is best known for Les Rougon-Macquart, a cycle of twenty novels that follows the lives of the members of the two titular branches of a fictional family living during the Second French Empire (1852–1870).
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)
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)
- Lebanon (Wikipedia)
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, by Israel to the south, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance away from the country’s coastline. Lebanon’s location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterlands has contributed to the country’s rich history and shaped a unique cultural identity denoted by religious diversity. Located in the Levant region of the Eastern Mediterranean, the country has a population of more than five million people and covers an area of 10,452 square kilometres (4,036 sq mi). Lebanon’s capital and largest city is Beirut, followed by Tripoli and Jounieh. While Arabic is the official language, French is also recognized in a formal capacity; Lebanese Arabic is the country’s vernacular, though French and English play a relatively significant role in everyday life, with Modern Standard Arabic being limited to news and government matters.
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)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)
- 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.
